Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
I hired a lawyer, and paid him a large retainer. I had been given a day to appear in court, and I made plans to attend that date, including having family come in from overseas for support. Anyway the court date was changed, and my lawyer informed August 30th. I only found out this week it had been changed, when I emailed my lawyer requesting a time to be in court. He informed me it was changed to mid December! I am pretty distressed about this, and feel the lawyer did not fill his obligations to me. What can I do about this??? thank you
1 Answer from Attorneys
If this was your first appearance then your family would not be helpful because all they would do is read the charges and enter a not guilty plea. And there isn't much the defense attorney could do.
If you feel the attorney has failed to represent you, which it doesn't sound like that is the case, you can notify the State Bar of California.
I am sorry to hear that your family made arrangements for nothing and probably lost money.
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