Legal Question in Personal Injury in Michigan

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I gave a personal injury case to an attorney him fully knowing that I was expecting a percentage of the settlement. The case took two years to settle and when I went to his office to collect what I thought was my check, he told me that It was illegal for him to give me anything. He said he thought all along that I was an attorney. I never told him that I was an attorney and over the two year period he never asked me if I was an attorney. I kept calling and made at lease a dozen calls to his office and talked to both him and his associates. He even told me on one occasion that he was looking forward to giving me a big check. As mentioned I followed up with both his office and the client as to the progress of the case looking for a payday. The case was settled a few weeks ago for Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars and he now after two years tells me that it is illegal for him to give me any money.

To add insult to injury I waited outside his office for an hour and a half this past Friday only to get the news.

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