Fire your attorney?

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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If you are dissatisfied with your attorney and your calls are not being returned I certainly think you should consider going elsewhere.
You may ask that your retainer be returned, less the money your attorney has charged for completed work. You will need to request the refund from your attorney.

Erin E. Clarey
Attorney with Rosen Law Firm

Raleigh Office
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
919.787.6668 main phone
919.787.6361 main fax

Charlotte Office
301 McCullough Drive
Suite 510
Charlotte, NC 28262
Main Phone: (704)307.4600
Main Fax: (704) 943.0044

Sutton Station
5826 Fayetteville Rd. Suite 205
Durham, NC 27713
Phone: (919) 321-0780

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My attorney seems to be too busy. I have asked him to do a couple of things, and they haven’t been done, and I was told that my ex’s attorney should do that. My ex’s attorney wasn’t doing it, and that’s why I asked my attorney to do it so it could get done.

I have paid the total required, and I do not think I am getting the service I deserve. Ex: I called three weeks ago, and my call has not been returned. I have called two more times since then, and still no return call.

Is there anything I can do to get my money back so I can retain another attorney who isn’t quite so busy? I realize that I would need to allow a deduction from the money for the service that he did provide.

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