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Personal injury case went on for 3yrs my latest lawyer forced me to settle for less then I wanted I repeatedly told him and the mediator I wanted anther lawyer and I would not sign the deal but he started saying " I was gonna sign the document to settle" and I would have to pay him the 40% he started cussing at me for an hr straight until I signed he never kept me informed of my case he told me he didn't want to take it to trial because he just didn't want to risk losing a case I felt he was very unprofessional is their anything i can do? Also during the Deposition he forced me to lie which I repeatedly told him I didn't feel comfortable doing but he said that was the only way and he knew what he was doing
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Don Karotkin, Attorney at Law
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You can: 1) sue him for legal malpractice; and 2) file a grievance against him with the State Bar of Texas, who disciplines lawyers who violate the disciplinary rules that apply to lawyers.
To sue a lawyer, you'll need to hire a lawyer who sues lawyers. Follow the link below to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for help. Legal malpractice is a sub-specialty of Personal Injury Trial Law.
You can file a grievance online via the SBOT website. Please follow the second link below.
Good luck!
www.tbls.org
https://www.texasbar.com/
Answered on Jul 16th, 2019 at 10:07 AM