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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