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here http://home.comcast.net/~styx. cml-lsm/01/Cases/prolog.htm . Ours is not a case of "not winning", ours is a case of what was dismissed. We have had attorneys walk out of the meeting room as we discussed a date that occurred years prior, the date in question would have been past the statute of limitations, the prior attorney would have had records of our questioning the date. Included with the "mistakes" was overlooking access date of confidential records skipping the period relevant to the case, opposing counsel gained access to mental health counselor records a year after the case period, they knew the clients strategies as discussed with their counselors. Not only did these actions result in a suit and thousands of dollars but avoided a malpractice issue - which was based on the fact that the attorney never made note of our questioning it. We have had retained attorneys dismiss half a decade of mental health records, logs of events, abuse and attempts at escape as irrelevant. Witnesses, documents, video, billing and just dismissal have all been dismissed as strategy. We have walked into an attorneys office with a list of assets, notably the therapists and that were never contacted, documents such as police reports not obtained. Would you want an attorney that just does not bother to contact your assets such as social services, forget about those silly documents supporting your position, dates, video is irrelevant, deserters are attacked but the victims of the deserter are supposed to fend for themselves - damaged case anyone. In our letters to the Virginia State Bar they responded that our issues represent "strategy" complaints and the institution does not address "strategy" complaints. In 2000, when our attorney deserted we noticed that the Nine Canon's for the Virginia State Bar had been supplanted by "Professional Guidelines and Rules of Professional Conduct" which omits such things as "strategy", "integrity", "diligence" and "improving the profession".

There is no incentive for these professionals to represent their clients competently.

*)Wouldn't it be nice to know before hiring a professional to represent you that others were either satisfied or dissatisfied with the service ?
*)Whether someone else had problems getting the professional to review material presented to them ?
*)Whether the professional exhibited a trend of disenfranchising a demographic ?
*) Wouldn't it be nice if such complaints were "diligently" reviewed by a competent authority ?

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