{"id":11987,"date":"2020-05-24T07:03:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T12:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaltalktexas.hammerle.com\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:23:27","slug":"it-is-twenty-years-later-do-you-know-where-your-lawyer-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/legal-talk\/it-is-twenty-years-later-do-you-know-where-your-lawyer-is\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Twenty Years Later &#8211; Do You Know Where Your Lawyer Is?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk about an aging profession.\u00a0More than 35% of the licensed attorneys in the State of Texas are over the age of 55.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ouch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like other professionals, lawyers can retire, move, get hit by lightning, or die. If that happens to your lawyer, then it can leave you, the client, in a mess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to protect yourself from the unintentional fallout. Before we get to the steps you should take, consider the following basic information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attorney-client relationship lasts as long as the scope of engagement (the specific task or matter) lasts.\u00a0If you engaged the attorney to do just one task for you, then your relationship is over when that task if finished. If you hired the attorney to represent you in an ongoing matter, then that relationship is over when the matter is over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have the absolute right to terminate your attorney-client relationship at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once your original engagement is completed, your relationship with your attorney is likewise completed.\u00a0 You have no obligation to return to the same attorney for even a related legal matter &#8211; there is no invisible tied that binds you together. Your original attorney does not have first dibs to <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/estate-planning-and-probate\/probate-and-its-process-explained\/\">probate your will<\/a> or to handle the appeal of your case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You own the file maintained by the original attorney on your case, and are entitled to possession of it when your engagement is over.\u00a0If it was a paper file, then you are entitled to the paper.\u00a0If it was an electronic file, then you are entitled to an electronic copy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attorneys only have to provide your file to you one time, and then only if you request it. Attorneys are not required to keep their files forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Texas, the State Bar of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasbar.com\/\">maintains a website<\/a> with the contact information for every attorney licensed to practice law in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we are back to the original point: <strong>What should you do to protect yourself in case your attorney stops practicing law?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two simple steps are all you need.\u00a0First, do not have your lawyer or law firm store your original documents. Take your originals with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, request a copy of your file at the end of your case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it is too late to do that and you have managed to mislay your attorney, then try the following, in no particular order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the Texas State Bar website for your attorney\u2019s name and for any of his or her law partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do an internet search for the attorney\u2019s name.\u00a0You may have to add the word \u201cobituary.\u201d\u00a0If you get a hit, then you should be able to track down the probate and\/or contact person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/claimittexas.org\/\">Texas Unclaimed Property Division of the State Comptroller<\/a> (many lawyers will turn over client property when they retire).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/legaltalk\/elder-law\/what-happens-if-original-will-is-lost\/\">missing your original will<\/a>, check the County Clerk\u2019s office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search on an internet \u201cpeople-finder\u201d type site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you can <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/\">always hire another attorney<\/a>.\u00a0Lightning can\u2019t strike twice, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/lawyers\/virginia-hammerle\/\">Virginia Hammerle<\/a> is a Texas attorney whose practice includes <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/estate-planning\/\">estate planning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/elder-law\/guardianship\/\">guardianship<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/practice-areas\/estate-planning-probate\/probate\/\">probate<\/a>. Sign up for her newsletter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:legaltalk@hammerle.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">legaltalk@hammerle.com<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Contact Hammerle Morris Law Firm to <a href=\"https:\/\/hammerle.com\/contact\/#form\">schedule a consultation at hammerle.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This column does not constitute legal advice.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about an aging profession.\u00a0More than 35% of the licensed attorneys in the State of Texas are over the age of 55. Ouch. Just like other professionals, lawyers can retire, move, get hit by lightning, or die. If that happens to your lawyer, then it can leave you, the client, in a mess. You need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1224,21],"tags":[1098,41,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-11987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-estate-planning","8":"category-legal-talk","9":"tag-legal-talk","10":"tag-probate","11":"tag-wills"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It is Twenty Years Later - Do You Know Where Your Lawyer Is? - Hammerle Morris Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anything can happen to your attorney over the span of time. What happens then if you are missing something that you need from them? 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