Run, Baby, Run!
Posted By Cliff Tuttle | March 6, 2010
The Solo Attorney Practitioner’s Forum has been having a long discussion (just passed 110 comments) on the subject of “when should you RUN from a potential case?”
The commenters have suggested avoiding clients who:
• Have had multiple lawyers on the same case;
• Badmouth prior lawyers;
• Arrive at the first interview with a shopping bag full of paper;
• Forget to bring their checkbook when told they will have to pay a consultation fee or retainer;
• Don’t tell you about harmful evidence until you have entered an appearance;
• Give you a bad feeling from the beginning;
• Tell you that this is a “slam-dunk” case;
• Are relatives;
• Appear shortly before the statute of limitations expires;
* Argue about fees;
• Think that the judge and former attorney have been bought off.
And that is only the beginning. I wonder what clients are saying about when to run from a lawyer.
CLT
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