Hello group,

I wrote few posts a while back about a nast real-estate dispute I was
involved in. I'm now on my THIRD lawer for the case.

I believe that my first attorney really dropped the ball, and in fact may
have been working against me on the case. I would like to file a complaint
with the state (NJ) bar association in regards to him. In my opinion, the
guy absolutely should not be practicing law.

The first guy, who I'll call "Greg", is a local real estate lawyer. He
works with the guy who did my house closing.

In February of 2001, my next-door neighbor and I discovered sewage leaks on
our properties. Further investigation revealed that the sewer system in
question belonged to ANOTHER neighbor, who had an undocumented septic sewer
line running across both our properties. We confronted the neighbor, who
hurled insults and refused to do anything. We went to the township health
department, who stated it was OUR fault!

At this point, I knew I needed a lawyer. I called the law office that had
done my house closing, and they referred me to "Greg". "Greg" insisted he
could help us out, even though he seemed ignorant of several laws being
broken, including the state clean water act. "Greg" also did nothing about
the neighbor slandering us.

So, the neighbor continues to flush his toilet into our yards while "Greg"
writes letters and talks to the health department. After 2 months (!!!) the
health department finally decides to act, but only after the state had
threatened to take jurisdiction in the case. The health department wanted
to "temporarily" fix the neighbor's sewer line by placing a bypass
above-ground on our properties. I didn't want to do this, but "Greg"
insisted that this was our best option.

I found out later, that "Greg" was/is close friends with the director of the
township health department! He was out playing golf with the director, who
quite conveniently blamed the whole thing on me! Putting the sewer line
above ground got the health department off the hook, so to speak, but it did
nothing for us: We had that lateral above ground for TWO AND A HALF YEARS!
My third lawyer finally pressured the neighbor into installing it properly.

The above is, obviously, a very simple overview of what happened. I want
to file a complaint against "Greg" with the state bar association. Anyone
have any experience doing this?

Any input would be appreciated
BG

"Bill Gentry" <billgentry2@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message The above is, obviously, a very simple overview of what happened. I want to file a complaint against "Greg" with the state bar association.
Anyone have any experience doing this?
[ Brief Enough?]

Dear Bill,

I am not a lawyer so don't take this as legal advice.

It seems like you are pretty angry about the whole ordeal.
Been there and can commiserate with you on the injustice of
the justice system.

"Hurling insults" isn't a cause of action. First Ammendment stuff
protects your neighbors here. So perhaps "Greg" was doing the
right thing by not filing any suits. If the neighbors had made any
physical threats or maliciously damaged your reputation with
other parties, then, perhaps your could sue your neighbors.

Why did the health department say it was your fault?

Nothing wrong with whoever "Greg" plays golf with. It's
pretty tough to sue a litigator. They can hold you up in
court for countless years with endless motions. In the end
you will have to prove to a jury that your emotional distress,
caused by "Greg", damaged you, and "Greg" will argue that
he did indeed get action done in "two months", which is
relatively quick in legal time.

E

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. See below..


"E Summerson" <esummerson@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
news:da6500h7qkntmmnoq5nd1mpgbbs261ufgu@4ax.com... "Bill Gentry" <billgentry2@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message The above is, obviously, a very simple overview of what happened. I
want to file a complaint against "Greg" with the state bar association. Anyone have any experience doing this? [ Brief Enough?] Dear Bill, I am not a lawyer so don't take this as legal advice. It seems like you are pretty angry about the whole ordeal. Been there and can commiserate with you on the injustice of the justice system. "Hurling insults" isn't a cause of action. First Ammendment stuff protects your neighbors here. So perhaps "Greg" was doing the right thing by not filing any suits. If the neighbors had made any physical threats or maliciously damaged your reputation with other parties, then, perhaps your could sue your neighbors.

Good point. What the neighbor was doing was, in fact blaming me for
something that was actually his fault.
Why did the health department say it was your fault?

See above. The neighbor lied to them.
Nothing wrong with whoever "Greg" plays golf with.

It may be, if his golf buddy was an adversary in the case.

It's pretty tough to sue a litigator. They can hold you up in court for countless years with endless motions. In the end you will have to prove to a jury that your emotional distress, caused by "Greg", damaged you, and "Greg" will argue that he did indeed get action done in "two months", which is relatively quick in legal time.

See, the problem with this case was, this was not a simple real estate
dispute. There were clearly being laws broken: The neighbor was flooding
our yards with sewage, and the health authorities refused to act.... the
same authorities my lawyer had a personal relationship with.
E