Should I report my lawyer for bad ethics? And do you think he will be reprimanded? -

I had a DWI for an almost fatal motor vehicle accident. My lawyer knowingly withheld information from me, and chose not to represent me very well. Aparently, I said some things during my arrest that I had no knowledge of at the time. I think that I may have had temporary amnesia, because I now remember it. I know that I can report this lawyer, but I don t want him to lose his job but I also do not want him to get off easy for this either.

You should report him. Contact the local bar association where he practices and file a grievance. The attorney will likely be reprimanded, but it s also unlikely he will lose his job. He could get a very short suspension, but there s no reason to believe that he will lose his license to practice law and lose his job. If he withheld info from you and didn t do his job, you should file the grievance.

Go ahead report away. He will just squirm for five minutes, until his pals on the rigged ethics board laugh at you, and the stupidity of the public.

If you said it yourself your lawyer would not assume you didn t know it so i doubt you would get anywhere. As far as him / her not representing you competently you could be given a new trial if that was the case but you would have to prove that.