Timeline for When is Pro Hac Vice an actual thing?
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| Oct 3, 2018 at 20:59 | comment | added | Iñaki Viggers | @davidgo I agree with much of your comment. But in my litigation experience with various opposing counsels I find that they hardly know the concept of integrity, and they routinely are vexatious for the sake of obfuscating matters. They merely refrain from incurring very specific conduct that disciplinary bodies do not tolerate. Adding to it being pointless to try to rattle that lawyer at this time, I would discourage pro se litigants from being vexatious, as that makes it easier for an attorney to prejudice the pro se litigant and make him look like his claims/arguments are devoid of merit. | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 19:04 | comment | added | davidgo | Lawyers (who are people) can be good or bad - however just because they are advocating for someone else does not make them bad. Also, they typically have an obligation to the state which supercedes there obligation to their client - so they will usually act credibly - as this lawyer appears to have done. Little point in trying to rattle the other parties lawyer normally - although you can sometimes expend their time at their clients expense to your advantage. | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 18:30 | comment | added | Iñaki Viggers | @sharur Thanks. You are right. I overlooked that detail from the OP's description. | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 17:36 | comment | added | sharur | @IñakiViggers: While I agree with the substance of your post, I don't think that it is bizarre at all. Per the OP's question, the statement was "in an email, when I asked where he was licensed". In it he answers that question, as well as the follow up question of "How can a Texas-licensed lawyer litigate a New Jersey and/or Florida dispute?" | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 17:10 | comment | added | Sizzle | I do not think the lawyer is a crook...he is just playing games. | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 10:11 | comment | added | Iñaki Viggers | If the lawyer is a crook, you will have the occasion to denounce his misconduct (and ridicule him, depending on the nature of his inconsistencies). But seeking to rattle him right now is just premature because neither your interactions with him nor your litigation has yet developed to the point where his malpractice --if any-- is evident. Regardless of the undeniable corruption of the judiciary, you will end up disbursing that much cash only if you retain an attorney. Hence my suggestion that you focus on studying laws & court rules in preparation for your case, to litigate it in pro per. | |
| Oct 3, 2018 at 0:48 | comment | added | Sizzle | I asked him where he was licensed and that was his answer. At this point, I am looking for some kind of angle to rattle this guy and have him fear some kind of repercussions for his behavior. I'd like to be able to force his hand...without having to drop a lot of cash, which is nearly impossible in the U.S. legal system. | |
| Oct 2, 2018 at 21:12 | history | edited | Iñaki Viggers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 2, 2018 at 21:06 | history | answered | Iñaki Viggers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |