My lawyer is kind of retarded

Spaz I also just printed off the Pro Se Motion form from the courts so I can formally ask the courts with this petition paper for a continuance. She never informed me of a court date like she was supposed to I actually called in something related to my ex and that's when they told me there was a hearing scheduled for that day. So if I attatch the explanation to the proper form will that help then?

Spaz, I feel she padded the bill yes and I can prove it because there are trackable papers that she's attempting to say exist that don't and she is billing me for things she did AFTER I dismissed her with my lawyer and her withdraw was formally filed in court. She's billing me for things she did a week later. I called the court and they told me to write a leter to the judge explaining why I cannot be at the hearing that day. If it's an adding mistake it's a pretty good "mistake" cause "mistake" makes it look like she is owed double what the actual balance is. I have it all worked out and there is a 3000 dollar difference. It's not like it's a tiny amount. I made a payment to her before I moved away so it's only been a couple of months, I told her I needed a payment plan before I left and she conveniently doesn't mention in her billing report the conversation she had with me that day telling me I need to call my parents and have them loan it to me so the balance that remains is paid in full. I feel like this lady is all bs and really the reason she's petitioning the court for her fees now is cause I fired her for drawing my divorce case out and refusing to push it to trial because my ex wouldn't agree to anything. This case should never have been 16 months long because we had no substantial property or money we were even fighting about. He just simply didn't want me to divorce him cut and dry and she allowed it to go on.

ok, first off - bad math happens - doesn't make it perjury if the numbers are there but the end result whoever summed it up didn't know how to use the calculator. It isn't falsifying anything. It doesn't give cause to thorw the case out all that happens is "oops, let's re-add this and come to an agreed amount"

 

Now if you feel she padded her bill, then that you have to prove.

Not so sure you can look to fee arbitration now that there is a lawsuit filed. It will probably be up to the judge at this point.

 

How long between your last payment and this lawsuit has it been?

 

Big huge question - you said you "wrote the judge a letter" do you really mean a letter as in Dear Judge Joe...or did you PETITION the court for a continuance? Because if you just wrote a letter - you screwed up. If you PETITONED for the continuance and notified the attorney suing you - then you might get it.

Not sure in your State, call the bar association and they can direct you.

See if you can file for Fee Arbitration in your State.  Let them decide if her charges were calculated wrong and if she represented you in your best interest.  You might be able to have the charges reduced or the arbitrator might decide that she has been paid her fair share and does not desire another dime for the services she provided. .

She also (I forgot to add submitted this billing statement to the court as "Exhibit A" so the lies have been submitted to the court too