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Our Addiction To The Flexible (Non) Payment Plan

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

"Get it up front." That's the advice from any experienced criminal defense lawyer.But cash flow is slow, you need the case, and you're OK getting $1,500 down on a $5,000 fee, because you really need that $1,500 right now.A month later that first of seven $500 payments doesn't come. You hope the judge will give you enough continuances to get paid, and you're looking for a way to convince the client to pay his fee. In the end, you've received $2,500, you hate your client, and most of the conversation with him is about "when" he's going to pay.This isn't his fault, it's yours. There's no such thing as a payment plan. It's a non-payment plan. When clients don't have to pay all the money, they don't. Remember, you're representing people accused of crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on December 06, 2010 (boomark / email).