Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
I worked with an attorney whose field was in criminal law. He took the case with my child custody. I was met with a one sided resolution. I felt that he did not represent me well in my situation. Questions I had was not answered, I had to keep waiting for a response from his office. . I had this Attorney for 12 months. I recently received a e-mail . Where he as fired Me. I live in Georgia, I need to Know can this lawyer tell the other lawyer that he fired me. Client -lawyer confidentiality ? What about my file? I did ask him for an invoice concerning his bill he did not send one only said I owed him $2000 dollars
1 Answer from Attorneys
A lawyer needs a court's permission and motion to withdraw from a case, so the withdrawal is a public record. The file belongs to you and you may request it. You'd want a new lawyerto know what happened with the first lawyer,