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Ngtflyr - The last "best in his field" atty I hired in ATL wanted a $100k retainer. This won't be that kind of case. The defendant will probably get one of his customers to represent him if we have to go to court. I will have excellent representation. Given the fact, I would hope his atty would advise him to settle and cut his losses. Again, that is what is so perplexing about this matter, he is caught red-handed with his hand in the cookie jar. There is too much proof that he and his atty would have to overcome.

I'm no atty but having spent 5 years and literally thousands of hours on an antitrust case, not to mention many other civil suits in which I have been both the plaintiff and the defendant, I would not be surprised to see a judge in this case award me all the labor I was charged plus some amount for the diminished value of the car.

In fact, this may be the reason he refuses to provide me with an invoice. We'll see what happens next within the next few weeks. Remember things can be memorialized in many more ways in this digital age than was possible just a decade ago.

Hank - Our long relationship and his name and impeccable reputation will work against him in this case. Were he some 'Johnny-come-lately' I would bitch slap myself and be done with it for being so trusting. That ain't the case!