Question for the lawyers...
Do lawyers usually have each others back?
I ask because (and Thorn has helped me here) when my house went into foreclosure I hired a lawyer to help out. To make a long story short (Sort of), I met with her on July 3rd), while I was there she looked up my case and found that on the 2nd, my case was processed and that she would have to petition the court to reopen it. She charged me $775.
On July 6th, I received a letter stating that the bank had petition to stop the Liz Pendens, and let me proceed with a Loan Mod.
On Monday July 8th, I called my lawyer and told her about the letter and she was surprised but said it was good news and to email it to her. She also stated she stopped by the judges chambers that morning but found that he was on vacation the whole month of July. I emailed her the letter and asked her to advise.
She never replied and I had no contact with her after that.
In early August I was notified by the bank that my Loan Mod was approved after a lot of communication by me and the bank.
After consulting with Thorn he said I could send her a letter asking to close my case and return any unused funds with a detailed bill.
I did that and received a check for $15. All the bill states is that it was a Foreclosure case and that she charged me $10 for office supplies.
I want to consult a lawyer for his opinion on getting my money back because she did absolutely nothing for me, but I am worried if I do, that lawyer will let her know and she will get me a modified bill.
I realize for this amount it would be small claims, but that money would come in handy.
How can she justify this? The folder she sent back has no record of her doing anything and there was only two days of communication with me.
tl:dr, sorry