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Filing a grievance against a lawyer 10: my response

I’ve just received a copy of my entire Dinkes & Schwitzer file — all the documents that should have been sent to me regularly during the course of this personal injury lawsuit, but were not. Here’s how I got it. … Continue reading

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Filing for fee arbitration against your lawyer: I can’t

Today I got a call from the New York County Lawyers Association, where I had filed a Client Request for Fee Arbitration in May, 2012, with the Joint Committee on Fee Disputes and Conciliation. The woman who called me was … Continue reading

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DIY legal actions

Anyone who’s been reading Sidebar regularly knows that I’ve written a lot recently about what to do when you have problems with a lawyer, a landlord, or with somebody who owes you money. Because I’ve been having all of those … Continue reading

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