Refund due to Conflict of Interest?

[ango6113]

I won grandparent's right to visitation. My daughter appealed and filed a contempt charge. There's conflict of interest on both sides. When I wanted to replace my lawyer, I had posted my case summary online. My daughter's lawyer responded that she read my posting & wanted to meet. I didn't hire her. After I retained my lawyer, it was discovered my daughter & her new husband met with him last year. My lawyer claims they discussed the husband's case with his ex-wife & their kids & never met my daughter. She disagrees & discribed his office in detail. We wanted the conflict addressed at the pre-trial but it wasn't-neither lawyer brought it up. I repeatedly asked my lawyer to act on having her lawyer removed. My lawyer skirted the issue until recently when he said it was a "washout." I had hired him based on the outcome he told me I could expect. But, after the conflict was discovered, he changed his story & attitude. He didn't do anything I asked of him & disclosed private financial info to her lawyer. I have spent a great deal of money & feel he is not acting in my best interest, in fact he is not acting on anything. Am I entitled to a refund because he should have bowed out? What can I do to address the conflict of interest?

 

[BayState]

I won grandparent's right to visitation. My daughter appealed and filed a contempt charge. There's conflict of interest on both sides. When I wanted to replace my lawyer, I had posted my case summary online. My daughter's lawyer responded that she read my posting & wanted to meet. I didn't hire her. After I retained my lawyer, it was discovered my daughter & her new husband met with him last year. My lawyer claims they discussed the husband's case with his ex-wife & their kids & never met my daughter. She disagrees & discribed his office in detail. We wanted the conflict addressed at the pre-trial but it wasn't-neither lawyer brought it up. I repeatedly asked my lawyer to act on having her lawyer removed. My lawyer skirted the issue until recently when he said it was a "washout." I had hired him based on the outcome he told me I could expect. But, after the conflict was discovered, he changed his story & attitude. He didn't do anything I asked of him & disclosed private financial info to her lawyer. I have spent a great deal of money & feel he is not acting in my best interest, in fact he is not acting on anything. Am I entitled to a refund because he should have bowed out? What can I do to address the conflict of interest?

As you didn't bother to fill in the Jurisdiction question, no one here can answer you with any accuracy.

 

[ango6113]

I'm in Pittsburgh, PA, that's Allegheny County. The proceedings are actually in Beaver, PA, that's Beaver County. Thanks for pointing out my error.