What to do when your lawyer avoids you and your calls?

Answers:
Inform your lawyer that not maintaining regular contact with a client is a violation of the ethical rules, and that continued avoidance leaves you no choice by to file a complaint.
However, also be aware that the legal process is often very slow, and that it may be weeks or months between events of significance -- so if you are demanding updates daily or even weekly, the lawyer may be too busy to keep saying "nothing has changed" every time someone calls.
So, it's a balance that is sometimes hard to see.

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1. Make an appoiontment to discuss why this is happening
2. Fire them and get a new one

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Contact him in writting. He will respond! Written words holds record and record holds up in court. He will respond!

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Your not telling what your case is about. If your case is something the lawyer was retained for, you have the option of going to the state bar assn. and reporting him/her for unprofessional conduct. If the lawyer didn't take your case and you did not pay him/her a fee then you need to look for another attorney. Most attorneys won't take a case unless they are sure of winning it in court unless they are a defense lawyer. If they were assigned a case by the court they may work very little on it. That's just the way it is!

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They paid by the hour, and most problems are emotional and not legal. It wouldn't do you any good once you've gotten started.

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Give your attorney notice of his termination, and write a complaint to the Lawyers State Bar Association, they may sanction and fine your attorney for violating his professional obligations and ethical responsibility. More so if he fails to file any document timely, the Advocates may suspend, terminate or bar his license to practice law.GOOD LUCK

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Some people confuse their lawyer with a therapist, particularly in matrimonial cases. It's an issue people should work out with their lawyer. Many lawyers are famous for not returning calls, but many clients think that a phone cord is an umbilical cord. It's not, unless that's the deal up front. Many lawyers charge by the minute for phone calls, and that's why.

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Ignore the bill when you get it!

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Make sure that he/she is ACTUALLY your lawyer. If you didn't sign any fee agreement, then they are not your attorney (unless appointed by the state).

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Get a new attorney.