Have had a collection agency doing work for me an a debt from a firm in branson mo.. They hired a law firm out of St. Louis to collect the debt. The law firm was sent info. that I sent to collection ageny to them and they procceded to sue. A bit of past history. I filled a small claims case against them, and judge ordered in to be set for arbitration in 30 days. After the 30 days ---really 45-50 days , I wrote to the court seeking a new trial date which the judge dismissed w/o pred. and judge said I should sue them to recover my funds. Thus enters collection agency.
In the suit the attr. argued that they had an opportunity to go to arbitration but did'nt therefore lost there rights to do so. Judge disagreed and sent back for arbitration. Currently in limbo as collection agency won't pay for arb. costs and there attr. won't go to arbitration w/o arb. fees plus hr'ly rate. Not sure if collection ageny informed there attr. of all facts but I tried to talk to them but was told since I did'nt hire them they could'nt talk to me. Guess my question is can I hire an attr. in Mo. to take to arbitration or better yet redo the entire process and start over since the St. louis attr. started the ball rolling. Basically not happy with St. louis attr. progress and fees, but he does'nt work for me. Being retained by collection agency I'm guessing he was to get a % of collection fee.
Hope some of this makes sence. Its been a long drawn out process. Can you recommend an attr. from Mo. thats honest and not overly pricey? Guess a lot of ?'s in one ?

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