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The Cheapening Of Our Profession: Who's To Blame?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

When I first got a Blackberry, my father asked why I would want to "be in touch" all the time, why I would want people to be able to get a hold of me all day and night?I explained that it wasn't that I wanted to be accessible to everyone all the time, but that if one other criminal lawyer was, and the client was not going to make that second call, I was out of a possible case.Cue the whole "run faster than the fastest Lion" analogy.Things have changed a bit, not totally though. I am lucky to have some clients who will wait a few hours or a day to reach me, and I've learned that those that usually hire lawyers immediately, aren't looking for a good lawyer, they're just looking for a lawyer. Any lawyer. True emergencies aside, most clients really need a bondsman, not a lawyer, at the time they are arrested...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).