Does your lawyer still represent you once judge rules?
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Does your lawyer still represent you once judge rules?
We have issues that have come up after the judges ruling, does our lawyer still represent us for the
case?
Asked on January 27, 2018 under Criminal Law, Oklahoma
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Your lawyer still represents you if you hire him/her to continue representing you and he/she agrees to represent you. A lawyer does not become your lawyer forever, even regarding a single legal matter; rather, typically, the attorney represents you through the end of the phase that you hired him or her for (such as through the end of the trial, when the court issues a ruling or verdict). To have him or her represent you after that (such as on an appeal), you'd have to hire him/her and he/she would have to agree to take the matter on. If the lawyer does agree to represent you, then he must represent you through that phase of the proceedings you hired him/her for, until you and he/she agree to let him stop repesenting you, you fail to pay him/her as required (lawyers don't have to work for free), or you lie to him/her or fail to cooperate with him/her. (A lawyer can also be released from representation for his/her medical reasons or legitimate personal emergencies or tragedies, like a death in the family causing him/her to take a set back from practicing law).
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