A cleanup question is a useful tool.
Remember that they call it the practice of law.
There's a reason for that. You learn as you go. Every single day.
About twenty-eight years ago a nice young man called me on the phone about a possible bankruptcy filing.
I asked him a ton of questions. He answered; he was well-spoken, well-mannered, and well-organized.
I figured he was an ideal client on the hoof.
At the end of the discussion, he asked if there were going to be any law enforcement officers at the first meeting of creditors.
I responded that it was in the Federal Building, so yeah, there were going to be Feds.
I asked why he had asked the question. He answered that he had recently become aware of a warrant for his arrest.
For murder.
I told him he didn't need me. I gave him the name of three board-certified criminal defense lawyers here in Phoenix, and suggest that he not pay me, and instead pay them.
Whatever they wanted.
And I also pointed out that credit cards were the least of his worries.
Remember that they call it the practice of law.
There's a reason for that. You learn as you go. Every single day.
About twenty-eight years ago a nice young man called me on the phone about a possible bankruptcy filing.
I asked him a ton of questions. He answered; he was well-spoken, well-mannered, and well-organized.
I figured he was an ideal client on the hoof.
At the end of the discussion, he asked if there were going to be any law enforcement officers at the first meeting of creditors.
I responded that it was in the Federal Building, so yeah, there were going to be Feds.
I asked why he had asked the question. He answered that he had recently become aware of a warrant for his arrest.
For murder.
I told him he didn't need me. I gave him the name of three board-certified criminal defense lawyers here in Phoenix, and suggest that he not pay me, and instead pay them.
Whatever they wanted.
And I also pointed out that credit cards were the least of his worries.
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