mrsjohnson
Member
Happy holidays everyone.
I'm a Plaintiff in a lawsuit against a big corporation in a David v. Goliath type of case represented by biglaw. Parties were ordered to mediation on December 5th and then that became a holiday so it was rescheduled for Jan. 23rd. Court ordered the parties to attempt settlment prior to mediation but opposing counsel was bascially ignoring me. So I emailed them and told them I would be filing for sanctions and possible contempt and to get one attorney removed because I caught her misrepresenting facts; she basically changed the defense that they had previously used in motion to dismiss. I also explained to them they had violated rules of professional conduct, etc. I was as nice as I could be about it. Yesterday, I got a letter yesterday saying that have withdrawn from the case. This is a fairly large firm.
Defendant is delaying the case as much as they can, they know it, I know it and it is hard to prove but I want to try. But who gets sanctioned in the event of withdrawal? I thought that the costs were shared between Defendant and counsel?
The new representation is a large firm but much smaller than previous firm so it appears they were downgraded.
Thank you.
I'm a Plaintiff in a lawsuit against a big corporation in a David v. Goliath type of case represented by biglaw. Parties were ordered to mediation on December 5th and then that became a holiday so it was rescheduled for Jan. 23rd. Court ordered the parties to attempt settlment prior to mediation but opposing counsel was bascially ignoring me. So I emailed them and told them I would be filing for sanctions and possible contempt and to get one attorney removed because I caught her misrepresenting facts; she basically changed the defense that they had previously used in motion to dismiss. I also explained to them they had violated rules of professional conduct, etc. I was as nice as I could be about it. Yesterday, I got a letter yesterday saying that have withdrawn from the case. This is a fairly large firm.
Defendant is delaying the case as much as they can, they know it, I know it and it is hard to prove but I want to try. But who gets sanctioned in the event of withdrawal? I thought that the costs were shared between Defendant and counsel?
The new representation is a large firm but much smaller than previous firm so it appears they were downgraded.
Thank you.
