My attorney

When I first got my trafficking charge, I was appointed a PD (public defender) to represent me because I could not afford a private attorney. Normally a PD doesn't try too hard and won't always speak for you, but my PD was pretty good.

Unfortunately, after I had him for two months, he was taken off my case because of a conflict of interest (he was also the attorney for a co-defendant), and I was appointed another pro bono attorney out of a different office.

My new attorney (whose name I won't mention) works out of an office called Regional Counsel.

I have to admit she is very nice, but that doesn't help me with my legal probelms.

All the things my PD was trying to do for me, my new attorney said she could do. The only difference is, it took her 3 - 4 months just to get started.

Once she did get started, she took her sweet time to do anything. Every court date I went to, she would arrive 45 minutes late - just to postpone it for another month.

Also, being in jail, I am only allowed to call her office Wednesday between 2 - 3 p.m. and Friday between 2 - 3 p.m. Every time I call (which is every Wednesday and Friday), she is either out for the day or unavailable.

It gets aggravating not being able to talk to my attorney about my case. She doesn't seem to be trying at all. I've had her almost 9 months and she has done next to nothing.

Last time I went to court, she told me that we were going to push my court date back 2 weeks, but it turned out to be scheduled for 6 weeks. My hearing is on September 8th. Hopefully I'll find out then what will happen. I could get sentenced to 3½ years in prison, be sent to a drug program, or get house arrest.