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Originally Posted by Jims5543
While the state statutes indicate I keep my files, it does not say they are there for the free enjoyment of anyone who wants them.
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And there is your answer.
You once did a job for another client and filed that required paperwork with the city/state.
If she wants the information she can get it from public record.
Easy enough for her.
"Go pound sand".
Anyone else, as id10t noted, might not even be legally privy to your company proprietary data.
Caution.
I don't think it's legal to publicly distribute inside photos, blueprints, and pushing it a little further a full guide to some clients alarm and security systems.
(See: Streisand Effect vs. Google Maps vs. The Internet)
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Just as a note:
Attorneys charge professional fees by the hour with a minimum for just talking to strangers.
Next time you talk to her, why don't you stop her right there and discuss your own consultation charges before anything else is said on the phone.
Your own time is just as valuable.
And just to be a jerk:
-If you are that pissed, then you still could send her a small bill just for the principle of it all.
-She will toss. Huffy. Humph!
"The nerve."
-It will go unpaid and become compounding when she doesn't bother to show up in small claims.
-Local laws may vary.
-Some "notice of service" or whatever is fulfilled by just advertising in the local legal news rags.
-Then you sell it to debt collection and sit back and laugh.
That clown attorney has already spent twice as much time and money trying to fix the original problem and is probably fried from it all.