Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Massachusetts
unethical lawyer
She is our tenant and she gave us a
letter that complaining about
something with''esq'' initial at the
end of the letter. We took it as a
threat, saying ''don't mess up with
me, I am a lawyer, I know the law
and I will get you back.''. And, she let
her boyfriend (law student) without
asking us, which is ovbiously
violation of lease, so we asked her if
her boyfriend is living with her. It is
obvious, no doubt about it, but she
lied to us saying ''He is just visiting
me a lot''. She lies becasue she
knows it is a violation of the lease,
but living in Mass., there is no rights
to a landload unfortunately. Even if
she is gilty, there is no way that a
landload can win. Especially, in this
case, she is a lawyer, sounds like
nothing we can do about this. I really
desappointed her behavior as a
lawyer, she uses the power for
threating us or others. I just can't
stand there is such a unethical
lawyer in our area. I don't
recommend anybody to hire her. She
is a very very unethical person. She
is violating my rights and my
property. Is there anything I can do
to her?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: unethical lawyer
If she is violating the lease, go ahead and evict her, as is your right. You could also request that the boyfriend sign the lease.
But if she is paying rent and not causing trouble, why would you want to evict her?
Re: unethical lawyer
I'm not exactly sure how your rights are being violated by the question you asked. It is obvious that she has done something to anger you but I'm not sure what it is. You are right that the courts in Massachusetts favor tenants but that does not mean that you can not do anything. There are hundreds of Summary Process claims heard every day.
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