"x x x.
If you are not ready to live and die by your gut, here are some other warning signs that trouble could be brewing down the road:
- Calls with a legal emergency, then waits six days to return your call
- Doesn’t know who you are when you call back because they called sixteen lawyers
- Leaves a message without any specific details, other than they know “it’s a great case” and you need to call back immediately
- Sends four emails with documents before ever talking to you
- Makes an appointment and then no-shows or reschedules repeatedly
- Tells you what the law is or how the law works
- Tries to bargain on your rate or explains why you are too expensive
- Explains they previously hired another attorney but want to give you a shot
- Tells one story over the phone and a completely different one in your office
- Asks too many details about your personal life and explains why you could be great friends and should hang out.
That is not an exhaustive list by any means. Those are just some of the red alerts I have encountered. As noted above, if your gut says something is not right, something is probably amiss. That is the perfect opportunity to bounce the case off another attorney and get some feedback. But never try and convince yourself that any client is a good client. It’s not that simple.
x x x."
