charged us $25K to get our title back to its original title. The rest of the block were charged nothing after his title company came into the county and reparied the mistake.
Malpractice means the lawyer did something that fell below the standard of other attorneys in the area practicing in that specific area of the law that caused you harm or damage. Maybe I am misunderstanding your post, but it seems to me your grievance against the lawyer or title company is not that they did something wrong, but that you were overcharged for the services. First off, is there a written fee agreement between you and the lawyer? Under WI SCR ethical rules, any fees that are to exceed $1,000 requires a written fee agreement. 2. Did you receive periodic billing statements to show how you were being billed and what you were paying for? You can file a grievance with the office of lawyer regulation (OLR) in Madison, if you feel the lawyer charged you an unreasonable fee for the service. If you were harmed by the lawyer, and your complaint is not one about the amount of money you were charged, you will need to gather up your complete file and have it reviewed by a malpractice lawyer to determine if you have a viable case. You can sue a lawyer under Wisconsin law for up to 6 years, since the agreement is grounded in contract from the date of the original service.
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