I chose to use Mr Andrew Koor as my divorce lawyer back in 2005. I gave him his retainer fee, and let him do his thing. I was a single mother at the time, on top of being a disabled veteran - I had barely enough money to keep food on the table.
I brought this whole stressful ordeal to his attention, as we were barely a month from settling with my husband. I told him that I had no money to give him till the divorce was final. The guy said ok. I thought he understood my plight.
Boy was I surprised. Barely One Month shy of my divorce being settled, what does this guy do? Proceeds out of the wild blue sky serving me with paperwork stating that he could no longer serve as my attorney! He basically quit because he wasnt supposedly being paid like he wanted. I ended up having my husbands lawyer settling the deal instead.
This whole sneaky situation irked me so bad! Then on top of everything, Mr Koor insisted on being paid for phone/filing time he had not earned; he wanted me to pay for His personal time spent in filing His paperwork in order to quit as my legal representative! It became a nightmare with this guy!
In the end, I contacted another legal source, who said I was getting an extremely raw deal. I was then directed to contact the American Bar Association, which I did end up doing. I wrote to them in depth about Mr Koor; what he had done to me, and was trying to do. I had to make a formal complaint with the Bar before Koor let up on me and finally left me alone.
It goes without saying that I do not want this to happen to another person! I do not think the way this man treated me was fair. The moral of this story?! Think Twice and do your Research before you give ANY lawyer ANY amount of money!
Remember - just because a lawyer says he/she has 20-odd years experience doesn't mean they're a good lawyer!
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