Attornies

[RStelter]

Howdy:

I have been in bankruptcy for well over a year.I have been through three or four attorneys so far and am on my fourth,or fifth.Could someone please tell me what an attorney's obligations are toward my best interest, and what the law requires of them?

There are a few items in my bankruptcy that my attorney doesn't seem too interested in taking care of.One, is the simple fact that my property is being purchased by contract for deed.For over one year I have been making my land payments to the guy I bought it from.(This is according to the way the court deemed it should be).For that length of time,the guy I bought the property from has been collecting the rent on another trailer on the property I'm buying.He is now, being as I am in bankruptcy,making about $300.00 more,per month, than he is supposed to make according to my contract for deed.(My contract for deed instructs that I pay $528.60....He's collecting that, plus $250.00 on the other trailer....plus, the people on either side of me are not paying me for the use of water from my water well of which I am paying the bill for).

These things alone are creating a hardship for me.Isn't it the duty of my attorney to address these items first and foremost?....Along with all the normal court filings,and procedures?

I have asked each and every attorney I have hired to help cure this problem,and each and every one of them didn't seem too interested in doing so.

I originally filed chapter 13,Pro-Se. I then got an attorney to take the case.I had to discharge one attorney while in the court and question witnesses myself because all he could say was "I have no questions,Your Honor" This was a hearing for motion to dismiss,as filed by the holder of my contract for deed.

Can someone please tell me what to do and who to contact as to what I can, and should expect from an attorney?

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Richard Stelter

 

[Simon]

I don't want to second guess an attorney because I don't know all the facts and circumstances. You'll have to trust your attorney. He is suppose to act in your best interest at all times. In general, you tell him what you want to do but he decides HOW he wants to do it. Does that make sense?

 

[RStelter]

Well,Simon....If I hadn't second guessed my attorney,I would have lost my property as when the creditor'e attorney was questioning his whitnesses all my attorney would say is :No questions Your honor".Is (Or Was) that in my best interest?I questioned the whitnesses myself.....I didn't lose the property.If I had trusted my attorney,I would have lost my property

Are you an attorney Simon?

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Richard Stelter

 

[Marcia M]

I am and I know that when a guy has gone thru 3-4 attorneys, s/he's a problem client and there is no satisfying him or her. You were not paying for the dream team, and you don't get an OJ defense. You got what you paid for -- and while you may be smarter than the attorneys -- seriously -- and you may know more than they do (and they probably made some mistakes) but if you got yourself into bankruptcy in the first place, I'd bet on the attorneys.

 

[RStelter]

I guess,Marcia M,you think I should follow the attorney's advice blindly?... No matter what he/she says I should accept that as gospel?.....

Either you're an attorney,or you've been badly misled.I feel for you.

Attorneys are human,therefor,they can be greedy,corrupt,ignorant,stupid,or incompetent.There are probaly many more terms I could have listed to cover most attorneys,but the fact that they went to school to perform their trade doesn't mean they are all smart.It doesn't mean they can apply all that education to realworld situations.

Have you ever been to court Marcia?... Have you ever watched as the lawyers and the judge play "God" with people's lives?They are not interested in what's right,what's wrong,what's fair and what's just.All they are interested in is parting you and your money.

 

[brzoska]

Horay for You!

I guess,Marcia M,you think I should follow the attorney's advice blindly?... No matter what he/she says I should accept that as gospel?.....

Either you're an attorney,or you've been badly misled.I feel for you.

Attorneys are human,therefor,they can be greedy,corrupt,ignorant,stupid,or incompetent.There are probaly many more terms I could have listed to cover most attorneys,but the fact that they went to school to perform their trade doesn't mean they are all smart.It doesn't mean they can apply all that education to realworld situations.

Have you ever been to court Marcia?... Have you ever watched as the lawyers and the judge play "God" with people's lives?They are not interested in what's right,what's wrong,what's fair and what's just.All they are interested in is parting you and your money.

Horay for You!
I like someone who says it like it is!!
Good luck
Tom

 

[Ladynred]

Just how is it that this 'landlord' is being paid monies he's not entitled to ? Are you saying he has no right to collect rent on the other occupied trailer ??