Attorney assistance

Blodaksen said
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but it seemed appropriate to post an update here.

I have had zero luck finding an attorney who is willing to even grant a consult on this issue. It deals with an identity theft and none of them will touch it, saying they don't handle consumer law. I've done all the legwork and research, all I need is for them to file a motion for me. Some knuckleheads got a judgement against me for a debt related to an apartment in Granite City Illinios, and filed in St. Charles County, Missouri. Besides the fact that I owned a residence in Omaha, Nebraska at the time, the case was filed and tried in the wrong venue, and should have been caught by the associate civil court. All I need is to file a motion to have the judgement struck, but I have been unable to find any help on this whatsoever. I am fully prepared to pay the standard hourly fee for what would entail scarcely 30 minutes of work for an attorney.

I am at my wit's end on this, so if anyone could offer advice or assistance, please feel free.

No attorney is going to file something in a field that they don't practice in based only on your research. If they do it and you are wrong, you can sue them for malpractice and nobody is going to take that chance. So, it's not 30 minutes of work for them. It would require them to know something about that area of law and do the research on their own. Your research might be a starting point, but that's about it. Especially since consumer protection and identity theft issues deal with Federal laws that may be more complex than you think and may implicate laws that you are not even aware of. It's just not an area that most lawyers deal with and I know I would never take a case in an area that I am unfamiliar with, unless it was made clear that I would have to spend time researching the issue and billing for that time. And, even then, I might not take it and would not take it if I didn't think it would be worth the money or an area I could expand into.

And, make no mistake, someone would have to show up in court to argue this motion and it's not as easy as you might think to have a judgment overturned. Especially if you are trying to do it from several states away.

I would call the Bar Association in the City or state where the Judgement was made and see if they can refer you to someone.