Firing Your Civil Lawyer

If you are not happy with the services being provided by your civil lawyer or civil attorney you should take into consideration the possibility of letting him/her go. There are many factors you should keep in mind before making the decision to fire your current civil Lawyer. Just in case you are in urgent need of a civil attorney you should keep the one you currently have and search for a new civil attorney to replace him/her before you have your current one fired. If you are looking to let your civil lawyer go you shouldn’t feel bad about anything because they wouldn’t be getting fired if they had done their job correctly. There is a proper way to go about firing your civil attorney so that you do not waste any time. Your civil lawyer may try to pressure you into backpedaling but as long as you know your information you should have no problems with firing him/her.

Step 1 – Make sure you review the agreement or contract that was signed with your civil attorney to check if you would be violating any rules that were set about terminating the services of your civil lawyer. Most contracts have statements that state that you must provide your civil attorney with a written notification that you wish to terminate their services. Review the contract to make sure what charges might incur or what percentage you must pay the civil lawyer in the instance that you win your case. In an incident such as now where you are looking to hire a new civil attorney, you need to clearly let your current lawyer know what did not work out for you and what your issues are only if it is stated to do so in the contract. Resolving out the financial aspect with your old civil lawyer may be the messiest part of the firing process.

Step 2 – In respect to the potential new civil attorney you are looking to hire you should inform them of what exactly happened with your case up to this point. You should inform them of what happened with your old civil Lawyer and why things did not work out. You should also present to them the work that your old civil lawyer had done up to this point so that they can give you their own input on what you should do next. You should be more knowledgeable before you seek your new civil attorney just in case they try to take advantage of your situation. You may be feeling vulnerable and let down from your previous civil attorney and you don’t want to have leeway to be taken advantage of.

Step 3 – Present your civil lawyer with the final notification in writing that you are terminating his/her services. As mentioned before you do not need to mention anything else in this written notice to your civil attorney unless it was stated in the contract that you signed to do otherwise. Most contracts state that you do not have to have a specific reason told to your civil lawyer as to why you are firing him/her.