So here's the story. Wife got rear ended in an accident 2½ years ago. Go to court in July this year after initially being awarded $11,800 by an arbitrator. Jury fuck us and award $4800 instead.

Settlement check arrives in Our Lawyer Chriostopher J Piekarski and Me & My wifes names.

So Lawyer has us sign the check over to him, so he can disperse the $1200 owed to the Chiropractor, take his 33.3% and pay us the rest.

Lawyer then disappears off of the face of the earth, doesn't return calls or emails. So today I start looking the guy up online and it appears he was suspended from the State Bar etc.

http://www.supreme.state.az.us/dc/2007_scanned/DC_Reports/Piekarski_DC_rpt.pdf
http://www.myazbar.org/AZAttorney/PDF_Articles/1007lawreg.pdf

"Mr. Piekarski knowingly practiced law while summarily suspended for failure to comply with mandatory continuing legal education requirements. While suspended, he made numerous appearances in court, filed numerous pleadings, continued to engage new clients, performed legal services for existing clients and failed to inform his clients or the court that he had been suspended."

So - sounds like he was potentially suspended while he handled his case. What now? I have to sue my own lawyer for the settlement money? lol. This is getting crazy. I know lawyers get a bad rap - but this guy sure ain't helping.