Lynch Law Offices

RE: [redacted]...

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Dear Ms. [redacted]:This letter responds to Mr. [redacted]'s complaint. In June, 2015 he did place $4,000 into trust. Atthe time he did so, he had a balance forward which had been in existence for several months in theamount of $915.56. After deducting that amount from the amount placed in trust, and aftermeeting with him in June, his balance at the end of June was $2,874.44. No significant work wasperformed in July. In August, Mr. [redacted] requested that the issue of numerous violations of the-existing parenting plan be addressed. It was addressed by correspondence to opposing counsel,conferences with Mr. [redacted], preparation of a notice of issue and show cause order for the courtand a court appearance on October 2, 2015 in order to get documents filed and signed. In earlyOctober, 2015, Mr. [redacted] was advised that there was a CPS investigation being undertaken as aresult of a complaint regarding child abuse/neglect. Rather than proceeding with the hearing, heelected to have me strike the hearing on October 16,2015. At the end of that billing cycle onOctober 25,2015, the balance remaining in trust was $2,171.44. Nothing was done in eitherNovember, December or January.
After the Child Protective Services made a determination that the complaints were unfounded, Ihad a discussion with Mr. [redacted] at the end of January, 2016 and another discussion and aconference about the same time. Based upon that discussion, a new summons and petition formodification and a declaration updating the prior declarations filed with the order to show causewere prepared. They were sent to Mr. [redacted] for review. He provided comments and wantedvarious items added to the motion and declaration. Some were added, some were not as a result ofthem not being appropriate to place before the court. Mr. [redacted] became frustrated because I didnot create the declaration the way he wanted it written. I gave him the opportunity to write it hisown way but he elected not to do so and instead asked me to withdraw and requested his moniesbe returned. Mr. [redacted] was not charged any time for the back and forth discussions andrneetings for the second half of February, 2016. On March 4, 2016, the balance remaining in trust of $1,1529 was refunded to him. He may be of the opinion that he didn't get what he asked for but the order to show cause whichwas originally dictated several months ago as well as the summons and petition were all given tohim when he elected to have me withdraw. They are still viable documents that can be pursuedwith the court. If he doesn't like the declaration that went with the petition, he is certainly free torewrite it on his own. Mr. [redacted] is owed no further funds from this office as I returned all ofhis remaining trust funds to [redacted]. The balance of the funds were either owed, as noted earlier, forseveral months before his deposit of the $4000 or were earned through the process of preparationof pleadings, conferences, teleconferences, letter writing over a period of several months.
Very truly yours,
LYNCH LAW OFFICE
N. JOSEPH L[redacted]
Attorney at Law

I received your letter regarding Mr. [redacted] and his complaint. I am leaving townfor three weeks on Wednesday and do not have time to answer the letter at present.I will answer it when I return, which will be May 13th. Please expect to have ananswer no later than May 23rd.Very truly yours