I paid a $2500.00 retainer to an attorney to represent my son in a legal matter. I live in Florida and this happened in Wisconsin. He was stopped while going home from his old frat house at 2:30am. The officer asked him if he had been drinking and he stated he had a few beers earlier in the evening but it had been a couple of hours. They charged him with OWI. The attorney that was retained advised my son that he had postponed the 2 court dates on Dec 6, 2010 and Dec 9, 2010. My son did as instructed. He then received letters from the city of Beloit, Wi that due to missing the court dates they had suspended his D/L indefinitely for not following the mandates set forth at the hearing. The attorney is stating that there has to be a mistake. We found out that he was not even in town when the hearings were taking place. There is a possibility that my son may now lose his new job ($45,000. yrly) due to the attorneys advise that there is no evidence that he actually postponed the hearings. He will not return calls that the secretary has taken messages for or all we get is a voice mail. Is there any recoarse or another way to handle the situation. No one will answer the questions. His license suspension was done by the city and not by the state. They do not report it so the city can keep the monies for the city.Please advise if there is another way to get resolution. I am disabled and cannot afford to hire another attorney. The one on retainer is clearly not working for his client.
1 Answer from Attorneys
A missed court date, particularly if the case was OWI, first offense, or some other ordinance violation, can usually be fixed. You either need to motivate your current lawyer to fix it or hire a new one.
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