The attorney gladly accepted payment that was NOT a signed acknowledgement.
Point here is that I made the request plenty of time in advance. The request went acknowledged through email.
I made the request directly to the county clerk and was admonished. I was even told by the county clerk (via a relay interpreter) that I didn't even need one.
Then, the attorney lied about me making the request in court.
I won the case ... so I didn't think anything of it later. I couldn't understand the judge half the time - I didn't even understand what my attorney was telling the judge (I would have liked to).
Before approaching the bench, my attorney asked me to waive my rights to an interpreter. If I hadn't - it would have been months before I could get my issue resolved (and I had waited approx. 4 years).
