Attorney

If you are dissatisfied with your current attorney you should seek a second opinion from another attorney. If you wish you change the venue you should meet with an attorney in the county where you want to transfer the case to, that attorney should give you advice on how to best handle a request to transfer venue.

A request to transfer the venue is generally a motion that is filed in the court, it will generally only be granted if neither party lives in the county where the action has been filed, or you can prove there is some other compelling reason that venue is more proper in another county. If you have already been litigating this matter it court, you may not be able to change the venue at this juncture.

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Helena M. Nevicosi
Attorney with Rosen Law Firm

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Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
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Charlotte, NC 28262
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Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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I am in the position of having to leave my divorce attorney. We have had a bad relationship from the very beginning. I have spent over $20,000 with this attorney and so far she has done the exact opposite of what I wanted done. A divorce law suit was filed by my wife 3 months after she left. This suit was filed in another county and I need a change in venue even if the suit is valid. What is the proper way to ask for this change while wanting to separate myself from her services at the same time? I do not want to burn bridges but I feel that I have been grossly misrepresented. Please help. My window of opportunity is closing and I need to make this change with as little damage to myself as possible.

Thank you