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Cases where the client is firing a previous attorney to come to me. Those clients are almost invariably the worst clients, and I usually find out that the previous problem was much more the client's fault than their attorney's fault. I also almost always find out that the complaints the client had about their previous attorney are mostly exaggerated or made up.
Yup Client lied about hiring previous attorney, you think an adjuster I’ve been working with for 3 years isn’t going to ask me why I took this case when another attorney dropped it
I always decline cases where the potential client talks about it being “the principle of the matter” or tells me “it’s personal” … I know they’ll never see the forest through the trees.
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If the client is on their 3rd or 4th lawyer I will pass (I will take cases from client’s who fired their previous, and only, lawyer if the value is there, however). Other than that, I really will take anything with good liability, even if the damages aren’t significant.
The client insisting that “this is a big case” or “this case is a slam dunk” - invariably worthless and/or meritless cases.
If the injury isn't worth my time, I could care less what the liability is.
I’m in NY, I get a ton of bar fight calls. Unless dram shop or negligence on the bar, I SHOULD always reject those cases. There’s never coverage and my client is almost always the cause of the fight. But I often get blinded by the big injury.
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Any time a client insists the jury will understand or the jury will see it's real and they insist on willingness to go to trial.
Much like the million dollar case even though they haven't even had surgery. Those people are the fucking worst
Oh, and I’ll add any consultation that begins with some kind of discussion of “keeping an open mind.” Cue the immediate regret for scheduling the consult 🤦♂️
When clients post damning evidence on social media it is almost always an automatic "no" from me. The public-facing mindlessness I've witnessed from potential clients is exasperating at best, infuriating at worse.
Yes. I love when a client says one thing and then posts about the opposite. And then you call them in to talk about it and they act like you're stupid.
I'm in TX. I automatically decline to take a car crash case if I know there is no insurance, no UM, and the defendant driver is a regular person with not much money.
I have spent most of my career working on matters that were handed to me by a partner who has a very poor grasp of litigation and took on almost any client that came his way. A lot of "my" clients fit the descriptions that other people have given in the comments. Trust me when I say that entertaining these types of clients is not worth your time or the impact it will have on your sanity.