Mr [redacted] engaged my firm to determine the income and equity contribution in regard to a lawsuit regarding real estate owned with his ex-wifeFrom the outset, Mr [redacted] tried to determine how the work would be performed and what the outcome would beIn my initial phone call with the client I explained to him that if we were to provide expert witness testimony we would need to work independently and reach our own conclusionsWe quoted an initial fee of $The client schedule more appointments after the $fee was paid and continued to have us work on the project at his request knowing that there would be additional feesMr [redacted] repeatedly tried to control our work going to far as to request our work papers to he could do the work himself and then have me attest to itThis is not something I can do as a ***He even refers to my statement in his complaint- “I would point out that [redacted] ’s recent email is once again directing our work and asking me to sign his work product and attest to itHe either does not understand the requirements for a [redacted] to perform an attest engagement or does not careThe work needs to be independent and based on our own analysisI’m formally withdrawing from this engagement effective immediately.” This was after he engaged another lawyer to handle his caseThere was never any report issued and I withdrew from the engagement when it became clear that unless Mr [redacted] could control our results he would not be happyHe was billed fairly for the work we did at his request[redacted] , ***
Mr [redacted] engaged my firm to determine the income and equity contribution in regard to a lawsuit regarding real estate owned with his ex-wifeFrom the outset, Mr [redacted] tried to determine how the work would be performed and what the outcome would beIn my initial phone call with the client I explained to him that if we were to provide expert witness testimony we would need to work independently and reach our own conclusionsWe quoted an initial fee of $The client schedule more appointments after the $fee was paid and continued to have us work on the project at his request knowing that there would be additional feesMr [redacted] repeatedly tried to control our work going to far as to request our work papers to he could do the work himself and then have me attest to itThis is not something I can do as a ***He even refers to my statement in his complaint- “I would point out that [redacted] ’s recent email is once again directing our work and asking me to sign his work product and attest to itHe either does not understand the requirements for a [redacted] to perform an attest engagement or does not careThe work needs to be independent and based on our own analysisI’m formally withdrawing from this engagement effective immediately.” This was after he engaged another lawyer to handle his caseThere was never any report issued and I withdrew from the engagement when it became clear that unless Mr [redacted] could control our results he would not be happyHe was billed fairly for the work we did at his request[redacted] , ***