QUESTION
What recourse do I have with attorney and court
Asked on Dec 22nd, 2017 on General Practice - North Dakota
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What recourse do I have with the attorney and also the court? The other party moved this case from small claims court to district court and forced me to hire an attorney. If a person hired an attorney to represent a case that should easily be won and the attorney totally blows the case in court due to being over confident telling you we don’t need to do that and we don’t need to present that because you are going to win it’s just a matter of how much the judge will award you. The attorney did not subpoena witnesses critical in the case, did not present 90 % of the evidence I gave him, because he was confident I would win the case without doing all that. In court got very flustered and forgot to present half of the binder of things he was going to present in court. Did not question the other party witnesses on the stand. Forgot or never questioned me on the stand on many important facts. Other party witnesses lied on the stand and stated miss facts and my attorney never questio
1 ANSWER
You can sue your prior attorney for malpractice, but it will be difficult to prove that you would have won if he/she had not acted negligently, and to prove how much you would have won.
Answered on Dec 26th, 2017 at 10:55 AM