Your retainer agreement ought to spell out how much communication your attorney is obligated to provide you for the "flat fee" you agreed to pay. If you change attorneys, you still must pay your original attorney for the services provided so far as well as paying your new attorney for the services provided. It is obvious that part of the communication problem is about you feeling that the attorney ought to personally respond to your call on your timeline and that your current attorney doesn't operate his business in that way. Under these circumstances, I would urge you to look for someone that you can communicate with as you desire, but be warned that many attorneys do not handle their communication in the way you seem to desire and expect to pay a pretty penny for legal services if you need constant attention.
Answered on Apr 18th, 2013 at 3:50 PM