Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

I hired a lawyer to represent me in a wrongful dismissal case involving asbestos. I refused to work around it and was fired. OSHA shut the job down and fined the contractor. I lost thousands of dollars in pay. It involved a huge national contractor working at a large industrial facility. Both are publicly traded corporations on the NY Stock exchange.

My lawyer refuses to provide me with any information after I paid him and it has been over 7 months. I have nothing. No info as to the status, etc. The courts have no record that my lawyer has done anything in my name. Nothing.

During my initial meeting with this lawyer, he mentioned that, in the past, he actually REPRESENTED the huge industrial facility that was responsible for the asbestos issues that got me fired. My question is: Was it ethical or legal for this lawyer to even take my case seeing that he had been the lawyer for the large inudstrial facilty that exposed me to asbestos? Also, other than filing a complaint, what other options do I have? I don't have a lot of money but asbestos is killing people I work with as we speak and these are huge corporations. My lawyer will not return my calls, emails or certified letters. Opinions apprecited.


Asked on 10/19/09, 11:17 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Locksley Wade Law Office of Locksley O. Wade

It appears that your lawyer may have taken on a matter that he is not familiar with or was reluctant to "get up to speed" on what is required for your type of claim under the NY Labor Laws. You may want to try this link, http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ip/attorneygrievance/complaints_attorney.shtml for a possible solution to an answer from your attorney.

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Answered on 10/25/09, 7:58 am


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