Can anyone give a good reference to a Lawyer who will sue for legal malpractice?

[bocley]

I have received a letter from the Attorney Grievance stating that the lawyer I had doing my case violated MCR 9.104(A)(2)-(4) and MRPC 1.1(b); and, 1.3. I need a Lawyer who will take on this case and sue for pain an suffering for loss of money that I could have received if the Lawyer would have done her job right. I need a Lawyer who will do Pro Bono. I live in Michigan anyone who can give reference to a good Lawyer I would appreciate it.
Thank You,
Miss Stressed

[gedalyahu]

There are certain issues with lawyers recommending lawyer services, so I will not give you any direct recommendations, but I will explain to you how to best find what you are looking for.

First of all, you start off on the webpage http://www.martindale.com

This is essentially the national "yellow pages" of all licensed lawyers. Click the "Find Lawyers and Law Firms" link to the left, then select "Law Firms" in the main window.

Select Michigan as a state, and in the field below, indicating legal practice, select "Legal Malpractice'. Do not enter anything in any other fields to get as broad search as possible. (You should end up with 83 hits).

Then just start contacting every one of them, explaining your case and that you want to sue the lawyer for malpractice. Or, if you are willing to do some research instead of carpet bombing them with e-mails, google the firms and see which one appears to be the best. Often, a larger firm is a better firm.

It is unlikely that you will get a lawyer to do this Pro Bono, the normal way of a law suit like this is based on a contingency fee. That essentially means that you do not pay anything for their services up front, but that they receive a part of the money you win, if you end up winning the case (usually 30%, but this would all be calculated into the award a judge would give you).

The good thing with this system is that if you don't win, you don't pay. The bad thing is of course that if you do win, 30% is a fairly large chunk of money.

Best of luck to you.

Edit:

To address the issue by the previous poster, as you have a letter from the Attorney Grievance Commission, it would be entirely impossible for the lawyer in question to counter sue you for malicious prosecution. You do not at all need to worry about this.

[tate8]

You realize you will be counter sued for malicious prosecution and be paying the rest of your life, right?