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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Don't fire until you hire

In general do not fire your old attorney until you have engaged a new one. You will have far more leverage in negotiating with the new one if you are not in between lawyers.

But have a good reason to explain yourself to the new attorney. Be specific in how the old attorney let you down and get assurances that the new one won't act the same way. For example a common reason for firing the old attorney is that the old one keeps delaying in actually filing the lawsuit.

Once you have reached agreement with the new one then he can assist you in notifying the prior attorney that his services are no longer needed and to notify the parties of your new representation.

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