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Will We Ever Fully Understand Clients?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

I assume all private criminal lawyers go through the same thing; a string of great calls and clients, followed by a string of mind numbing annoying calls from those that will never become clients, or if they do, will suck the life blood out of us.I've had a week, well, a couple days, of the latter. Calls from people in terrible, desperate situations that I'll never get to resolve, either because the client doesn't have or won't pay the fee, or because I've politely declined based on something that caused me to think I'd regret taking the case.I've reached the point where although it costs me money, I don't want to take on the clients that think a retainer buys them not only representation, but my full attention all day every day, my use as a tool for their strategy, and my cheerleading for them when I know the truth to be not so bright...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).