I retained Paul Chan of said law firm to handle an appeal. He said my former attorney was arrogant and encouraged me to file a complaint against him with the CA bar association. He said there were cases identical to mine that had been successfully appealed and he thought my appeal would prevail. He said after I paid a set amount I'd pay no further - his firm would assume all court costs.in spite of that he later asked me for more money as he "didn't expect certain costs to be so high."
I called him for status and he did not respond until I called him repeatedly. He didn't give me a copy of the appeal he filed until six months after the fact. It was atrocious, and had a significant error that damaged my case.
I asked him to correct it as soon as I saw it and he said via email (I still have) that he would. He didn't tell me my appeal was denied until I asked him weeks after the fact. He told me he had not corrected the mistake because he didn't think it was important, despite promising earlier he would.
The reasoning the court gave for denying the appeal used the mistake as justification. Moreover, Paul told me I should be glad because "I didn't owe the State of CA a nickel". He thought he had gotten all fees dismissed - good enough for him. He forget about some fees that I had documented and discussed with him.
The State wrote him that they'd file a lien against my house unless I arranged a schedule to pay by a date. I wrote him asap asking him to please try to dispense with the fees if he could but to tell the state I'd make monthy payments.
When I heard nothing from him or the State after the due date I asked him via fax for status. He did not reply and I found that the State had indeed placed liens against my house some time after the "due" date. Paul had again done nothing.
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