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    Default Attorney Deposited a Jointly Issued Check

    We had an atty for a law suit that ended in a payment schedule. after the first payment was made, we found some trust issues with our atty and eventually he withdrew from the matter, filed in court. Our second payment was due on 1-1-08. We received a check from the our former attys office in the amount due minus $1000 that was owed him for fees. The question is: The first check had both our names and our attys name on it. Since he legally withdrew from the matter, he must have either forged our names, or at the very least accepted a payment in his name for us and arbitrarily deducted his portion. Either way, it seems he is wrong, what can or should be done?

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    Default Re: Attorney Deposited a Jointly Issued Check

    You can try to take it up with the grievance process through the state bar for your state, whatever state that happens to be.

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