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You note that your attorney has been on vacation. I guess they happen. If you are unhappy with your attorney you should likely find another.
I would say for attorneys it perhaps varies. What relevance how long it takes MINE to get back to ME, I cannot imagine in terms of your own concerns. But if you think it might help you, my own attorney when I settled my bro's estate was not great about getting back to me in a timely manner. UNLESS I said something was urgent or kind of "timestamped" if you will. She then did get back if I left a text as to urgency. And wow, pleasant? She was that. GOOD? She was that. And even reasonable in cost.
I seem to have lucked out. I liked my brother, liked the MDs in care overall, liked the Hospital overall tho wished had palliative care, liked rehab center overall AND LOVED LOVED LOVED Pacifica Senior Living in Palm Spring. They were best of the best.
I think this may be more reflective of your overall tendencies to desire absolute excellence. I find the world fails to deliver it. Over 82 years I have learned to cut the world just a bit of slack when I am able, to lessen my overall dissatisfaction with life in general. The center just DOES NOT HOLD.
I used a large law firm which has a half dozen Elder Law Attorneys, that way if for some reason our Attorney moves or retires, we can assign another Attorney from the group to help. This law firm also deals with many other aspects of law, so if something that isn't directly related to Elder Law, we can conference with an Attorney that deals directly with that subject.
When my parents had passed, the law firm was great with helping us with my Dad's probate, even though it took two years to close (the County was back logged big time). It was worth every dime we paid, as Probate had so many hoops to jump through. My parents had all their legal documents with the same Elder Attorney that I have.
Attorneys must pass the bar exam and practice law in court.
Lawyers have also taken the bar exam, and may or may not practice law, and do not represent clients in court.
All attorneys are lawyers, but not all lawyers are attorneys.
Is she an attorney or a lawyer? Maybe this is why she doesn't do litigation?
People tend to use these terms interchangeably but I recently found out there is a difference.
The elder attorney my husband used ( over 3 years ago ) for his Dad was awful . 7 months to get POA papers and a will drawn up .
My husband is now using an estate attorney to settle his father’s estate.
The elder attorney who drew up the will called and left a message the other day for my husband to call her, no clue why . My husband is not calling her back .