I cannot defend her in court at this point Had a pro bono lawyer who was untrusting and a liar and now hired another who is just horrible,He dumped moms case without a care in the world of her after over a year and a 1/2. Perhaps he never should have taken it but it was a different lawyers case in his firm. Now he overcharged her and is being really mean.. I WILL NEVER trust a lawyer again.... There is no justice or understanding by lawyers....
May we ask why does your Mother need an Attorney? What were the reasons that two Attorneys decided to no longer continue with her case? There could be no merit to the case.
Can Mom afford a lawyer? What would be the cost to her if she just settles out of court? Is that an option?
We aren't a legal referral source here, but someone might have some suggestions on how to proceed if we have a few more details.
There's also a world of difference in handling a case like this. If it's the former, then you find out if the bank is a national bank, state bank, whatever and research to determine the governing agency. Then contact them with your complaint.
Also research specific legislative committees that address financial irregularities and notify them. Ask the staff in your local and federal legislators what else you can do to address the bank's falsifications.
However, if your mother is charged with falsifications, you're dealing with a white collar criminal issue, which could be either a misdemeanor or felony depending on the alleged falsification and ancillary issues. If there's a fraud charge involved, there is likely an "intent" issue associated with an alleged commission of fraud.
If the latter, however, 5 years is a long time for any criminal matter against an individual to be unresolved.
And, frankly, even w/o knowing more, you're not as likely to find a pro bono attorney who's going to be knowledgeable in a complex banking and/or fraud issue.
You've complained of dishonesty among lawyers. That's not true; I always get irritated when someone makes a broad, unsubstantiated, grandiose conclusion against a profession.
As long as you maintain this attitude, you're not going to find it easy to work with someone who does handle white collar fraud issues, so first thing to do is rethink your attitude. You can't make such broad assumptions against a large profession based on your experiences with a few of their practitioners and expect them to want to represent you or your mother.
Then contact the local bar association and explain more fully what the issues are, i.e., what the specific charges are against your mother, and ask for names of attorneys handling these kinds of cases. Review their websites, prepare a list of questions and then ask for interviews, but don't expect the first interview to be free - it might or it might not.
However, you state that you have the proof of the legal misconduct. Have you filed complaints with the state bar association? If not, you should have. That's the first step to addressing attorney negligence and/or malpractice.
But know that you're going to have to pay for a defense attorney, so be prepared.
There's a whole ' nother issue that might be involved and that's whether any fraudulent charges were made during a loan process involving any of the high fliers like Countrywide and others that were operating with sleight of hand prior to the recession.
It wasn't unheard of for some of the sleezebags to convince people to fudge data on loan applications.