[WSBARP] Litigator Help - Mtn to Quash Service

[Candace Wilkerson]

In the interest of fairness, the attorney may not have instructed ABC Legal to do any such thing.  The firm I used to work with always used ABC Legal, and I had all sorts of problems with ABC.  Very glad I no longer have to work with them.

Best,

Candace M. Wilkerson
Of Counsel

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Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Litigator Help - Mtn to Quash Service

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This should be a bar complaint to WSBA; and also to Attorney General's Office. The bar complaint may be against the attorney that instructed ABC to do this?

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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> On Behalf Of Paul Neumiller
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Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Litigator Help - Mtn to Quash Service

Any thoughts on this?  Does ABC Legal Services get away with this?


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Subject: [WSBARP] Litigator Help - Mtn to Quash Service

Whoa.  Just met with new client who was served the summons and complaint by ABC Legal Services by EMAIL with a signed "acceptance of service."  Here's what ABC did.  They emailed the unrepresented client and said ABC needed to email pleadings to the client but to open the documents (to see what's going on), the client needed to go to ABC's "secure" portal website.  Well, the client did that but the website DOES NOT allow access unless the client signed in (using client's finger on his cell phone), so he did.  Later, after getting access to the ABC portal and reviewing the pleadings, he sees that ABC transferred his signature to gain access to the portal to an Acceptance of Service.   Client insists he was not accepting service of process but rather just opening the email to see what was going on.  Client has copies of email to confirm this interpretation.

Is this standard practice?  Has anyone fought this and won a motion to quash service.  For a variety of strategies, the client would love to restart the response timeline and quash this initial improper service.


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