I might be slow, but I just don't get it. How in the world do you owe your atty 8000 dollars already? And what is he suing you for? Is it a civil or criminal case? If it's a criminal case, can you use a court appointed atty for that part? Are you counter-suing at this point? And if you don't have the $, why keep fighting it-- declare bankruptcy, and say to he-- with you all and move on with your life.
Please don't take anything I'm saying as criticism, I just don't think I have enough information. It seems like you could probably build yourself a much better argument in defense of yourself and justifying your request for money.
And thank you for your conservative political activism, I'm sorry it seems to have gotten you into trouble.
I'll understand if you don't feel the need to answer my (many) questions- it seems like a lot of people know you here, and I'm pretty much a lurker. Regards, 95TH
Attorneys charge by the hour, and they charge extra for expenses. A really good attorney might charge $400/hour, get the picture?
Third-hand story, but it should illustrate the point:
An acquaintance of a woman I know was hit up by an old friend for a favor about fifteen years ago. Old friend came to him and said, I have a problem, I wonder if you could help me? It's embarrassing, but I really need a favor. Acquaintance says, sure, what do you need? The old friend needed to deposit some funds but didn't have access to his account, could acquaintance overnight-babysit a deposit for old friend? Wouldn't be more than a day or two until he could get access to his own account again and ask for a check back against the deposit. Acquaintance said sure thing, and it was done. And he was screwed from that moment forward.
Turns out old friend and a confederate had been embezzling heavily from their employer, and had used acquaintance as an unwitting accomplice. When it hit the fan, acquaintance was named a co-defendant in a felony indictment.
Short version of the story was, even though the prosecutors had figured out what had happened, the judge knew, everyone knew acquaintance was innocent, still the man had to pay his attorney's fees, which ran to $20,000. He paid the attorney $8000, and then the day before the magic day when the charges against him were to be officially dropped, his attorney asked him to pre-meet at the attorney's offices -- where the attorney promptly stuck out his hand and asked for the balance, $12,000, before they could go to court the next day. He had to hustle up the twelve large from available resources and friends before he could go to court to get his name cleared.
That's how it works, when you put your foot in it.