Recent content by mm_la

Thanks again, I really do appreciate your help. For some reason, the 1985 permit to build the guesthouse states "...addition to existing S.F.D. creating a duplex...." The RSO person referenced this section as justification for claiming the entire property as being covered by RSO. This came to...

Thanks, Army Judge. An RSO Senior Management Analyst II, who is not a lawyer, has made the decision that the property is covered under RSO. First, I'm trying to figure out if she made the right decision based on the law or is the law ambiguous on this issue? Second, what are my options for...

In LA, any multi unit property built before 1978 is covered under RSO. Single family properties are not covered under RSO. Is a property with a single family house that was built before 1978 and a small guesthouse that was built in 1985 (turning the property into a duplex) covered under RSO...

Thanks for all the help.

Thanks, zddoodah. His emails said "I'll send you a bill today to figure out how much time you have into this." and "I'll send you a bill in a few days." Both times he never sent me a bill, and he kept verbally implying that he was staying under the retainer amount. Even his statement "...how...

Thanks! Legal Ethics Corner - Billing Statements: An Essential Client Relations Tool ====================== This stood out to me: ====================== California Rule of Professional conduct 4-100(b)(3) provides that an attorney has a duty to “[m]aintain complete records of all funds...

Thanks army judge. Does the fact that my attorney didn't give me any bill for 2.5 months and charged me 3 times the amount of my retainer help prove my case? or are those things typically not considered?

My attorney lead me to believe that I was below my retainer amount during the 2.5 months that he represented me in a contract negotiation. I asked him several times about the bill, and he repeated'y told me he would send me a bill, but he never did. After my negotiations were completed, he...