Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Virginia

We Had an Attorney for a Civil case against a neighbor. The Attorney said it would be $5,000.00, we paid about $8,000.00, after having our case for 8 months and not taking it to court he withdrew without notifying us. Then 7 or 8 months later we received a Warrant in Debt for about $17,000.00. The Judge gave him a Judgment because his "bills were neat". The Attorney tried Garnishing my husbands bank account knowing the only income was from his Disability, when that didn't work he then had us served with a "Writ of Possession and Fieri Facias in Detinue" and had the vehicle taken to his office where it sits with for sale signs on it. He tried getting a title for the car by telling DMV that my husband sold him the car. DMV would not give him a title and had my husband write a statement saying he did not give the car away and he did not sell the car. Even the Officer said he thought there was something illegal about how the Attorney was doing things. Mean while we found out that 3 months after hiring the Attorney, the defendants in the civil case were being foreclosed on so there wasn't anyone to take to court. Also we just noticed that the writ for the car had no year or make of the vehicle just the model and where it has "damages" he just put the Judgment amount, he was never awarded damages. How do you have a case for 8 months, never take it to court and say you made $25,000.00(including what we paid) plus almost $18,000.00 Pro Bono .

Asked on 5/26/17, 11:27 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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You would seem to have a number of grounds to file a complaint with the Virginia State Bar against

this particular attorney, but your question makes no reference to such action.

Why not?

Answered on 5/27/17, 9:10 am

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