Can lawyer I have no contract with bill me?
I had a consultation with immigration lawyer, which I paid for $100. He didn't have an exact idea of how to help so he said he will contact his friend lawyer to do him a favour and help him out. He also said his representation in my case would cost me about $3000. Before I could sign the contract I wanted to know if he finally knows exactly what is going on in my case(after contacting that lawyer friend of his) and how to handle it. He sent me 1 email, his assistant about 3 and there was 1 phone conversation with the lawyer,maybe 1 also with the assistant. All to assure me he knows what he is doing before I go into the contract. Still confused I received a contract to sign stating it would cost $1500 to request FOIA and fill out I130 on my behalf. When I asked how much the total cost of lawyers representation would be his assistant told me they are not able to tell me at this time( the lawyer said at first consultation he will charge around $3000). At this point I felt like I can not trust these people and took my case a different lawyer.
Now , several months later, I recive a bill for $400 where it is explained I have to pay for every email and phone conversation I had with them, for phone conversation he had with his lawyer friend and for drafting the $1500 contract I mentioned before but have never signed.
I never signed anything or was otherwise advised I will have to pay for anything else. Do I have to pay that bill?