Michelle
Pembroke Pines,#2REBUTTAL Individual responds
Wed, January 18, 2006
Ms. Wilder hired me to provide legal services for several other issues, which were resolved favorably over the course of 1 1/2 years. She was advised to file a small claims suit for the action against Mr. Sears, as it would have been cost prohibitive to hire me to handle the case for her when such a small amount was at issue. She filed the suit on her own and the sherriff's process server could not obtain service on Mr. Sears at the address she provided. She asked me to help her with this case and I hired a private process server to serve Mr. Sears who was unable to locate him for service also. This process server attempted numerous times to find Mr. Sears to no avail. Ms. Wilder blamed me for Mr. Sears' evasiveness. After being threatened again by Ms. Wilder, we mutually agreed that I would no longer represent her. She was left owing me a balance of approximately $500.00 which I waived since we were unsuccessful in pursing her claim against Mr. Sears. Basically, Ms. Wilder believes that if she pays a lawyer an initial retainer that this lawyer should work for her indefinitely and that the lawyer should be subjected to her abuse and threats on a continual basis. She feels everyone is out to get her and taking advantage of her and this was surely not the case. I put up with her abusive behavior, threats, accusations and name-calling far longer than I ever should have in the first place.
Carl
El Cajon,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sat, March 12, 2005
In Florida, you can file a small claims lawsuit or any claim up to $5,000. You don't need an attorney. You can hire the local sheriff or a certified process server to serve the lawsuit, no attorney necessary. Florida also allows smalll claims lawsuits to be served by certified mail. See the court clerk for details.