I am wondering if I can sue my son's now ex attorney for slandering me to my son, to my friends via email.

My son had been represented by a public defender since Jan 2005 for a CHILD NEGLECT CASE via family court, yet never spoke to me as a witness in this case, & never requested documents that would prove my son was innocent of child abuse in this Civil Case; according to my son, his attorney believes that I'm a bad person and 'they wouldnt believe me."
I feel that my son was bullied by this attorney to surender his parental rights; I had sent this attorney a message via his website to use me as a witness in this case, and asking him why he did not utilize the material that would prove my son is innocent; he wrote me via yahoo email stating that he was going to have me investigated by state and federal investigators for harassing him.

I had asked a couple of my friends thru a fathers support group to ask this attorney to go over the evidence in this case, attorney responded TO MY FRIENDS that I have "A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND A SORDID PAST."

anyone have any suggestions?

I'm sorry you are unhappy with the legal outcome. However, your son was the attorney's client. Not you.

You have no business making demands. It is not your place to complain about the quality of your son's legal representation. It is your son's place 鈥?unless he is "mentally challenged" or legally insane. Not merely "weak-willed."

The attorney has no obligation to you, and is not free to discuss his client's communications with you. It's called attorney/client privilege. A freaking JUDGE can't demand that information, so neither can you.

Make room for the possibility that the attorney may have learned information that you do not have.

The attorney has no obligation to use you as a witness. He has considerably greater practical expertise in determining what judges and juries regard as credible evidence. If he believed that your testimony would do his client more harm than good, he made the right call. If he believed that these "documents" served no purpose, again, he made the right call.

If you have a history of mental illness, then what he said was accurate. His estimation of your "sordid" past is a matter of opinion, and he's as entitled to that opinion, as you are to your opinion he's a crappy lawyer.

My suggestion: If you don't want to be called crazy, stop acting crazy. Stop bothering him. Stop asking other people to bother him on your behalf.

You are practically BEGGING a lawyer to sue you. Stop.

3) My son was charged by cps for neglecting medical attention of his younger child who, according to children's protective services, 'DIED IN THE HOME.' which contradicts the death certificate Report Abuse

by the way,The documents in question, which was not utilized by my son's PUBLIC PRETENDER are: POLICE REPORTS, EMT REPORT, HOSPITAL REPORT, AUTOPSY, DEATH CERTIFICATE, which would prove my son's innocence of 'child neglect.'. NOW WHAT? oh, that's right, I'm crazy, according to this competant atty. Report Abuse

good luck, I doubt you could even find another lawyer to take you case.

How he defended your son is not open. Your son could have done all that stuff you mentioned.

Do you have those allegations that he said those things in writing? Do you actually have a history of mental illness?
The truth is an absolute defense

is it true? and what did your friend say in the email? If its true that you have a mental illness then its not slander and he said it to one person not to a mass amount. and if your friend had asked a certain question that would warrent that answer then you may not have a case..im not sure but i doubt it.

you can always file with the state bar..they decide if he was wrong in what he did..good luck

Do you have a history of mental illness?