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Lawyers, who are the BEST CLIENTS to work with?
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:20 PM Author: ivory brunch hominid Doctors are pretty good.
They're usually smart. They can meaningfully participate in their case where necessary. They pay their bills. But, unlike some of their WebMD-searching patients, they don't usually think they know everything, so they'll usually follow your advice as long as you can explain what's going on. |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 11:42 PM Author: slate flatulent area dingle berry You dumb faggot.
Go hang yourself. |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 10:41 PM Author: Curious mad-dog skullcap locale No, he's correct. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25390401) |
Date: April 14th, 2014 5:22 PM Author: rebellious rehab codepig Dumb ones who know they're dumb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382932) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:24 PM Author: ivory brunch hominid The problem is that they can't help you when you need it.
For instance, they might not recall events or can't search their e-mail to find helpful documents. They're also hard to prepare for depositions and trial. |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:36 PM Author: rebellious rehab codepig I'd still prefer dumb. It may not be helpful, but it's the least stressful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382997) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 10:42 PM Author: Turquoise Space Lettuce lol so true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25390409) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:22 PM Author: opaque hateful box office dragon obviously the best clients are large companies with in-house lawyers who were former biglaw and know the game and don't bitch about bills. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382933) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:24 PM Author: ivory brunch hominid They are good, but sometimes they have a "litigation manager" or something who will bust your balls. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382943) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:26 PM Author: opaque hateful box office dragon then maybe a small hedge fund or something, which doesn't have a full time lawyer on staff, and is making an absolute shitload and realize the biglaw bill is a blip on the radar of whatever deal they're doing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382949) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:23 PM Author: Maize national The kind with stellar creditworthiness and/or who put large amounts of money in trust. Nothing else matters. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382935) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:25 PM Author: ivory brunch hominid Nonsense.
Some of those people are better clients than others. |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:38 PM Author: Maize national Nope. The only thing that matters is 100% guarantee of getting paid. If you have that, it's all the same.
I see people bitching about problem clients and needy clients and that is fucking amateur horseshit. My best client calls me all the fucking time to whine and bitch and complain about everything in his life. And it's generally a huge pain in my ass. And I bill him for all of it, and he pays immediately. And I love him. |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 6:34 PM Author: Translucent wild masturbator Yfwgi. I work for one client that dropped a term sheet on me Saturday at 11 am for a deal they wanted closed by Tuesday. Tracking back through the emails I could see that the deal and term sheet had been kicking around about a month beforehand. Dropping it on a Saturday was simply a way to cap my firm's fees at 2 lawyers' fees x 72 hours. That's a fucking asshole client and I've certainly worked for ones who would never pull some kind of shit like that. So, contrary to your retarded post, some paying clients are better than others. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383282) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 6:39 PM Author: Pink tantric tanning salon the value of your own clients differs from your firm's clietns
own clients = anyone who pays firm clients = anyone who doesnt bother you |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 1:46 AM Author: startled boiling water hospital he's not flame slight exaggeration. sure, there are some guarantee pay clients who are better than others, but the rating of clients is a tight cluster of all of the sure-pay clients way at the end of the bell curve. then, way way way back on the other side of a typical bell curve hump there are the rest of the clients where other factors are actually factors |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:27 PM Author: Ultramarine parlour roast beef Mexicans (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382953) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:28 PM Author: frisky background story church THE ONES THAT PAY YOU (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382962) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 10:29 PM Author: Azure Heady Azn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25390318) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:29 PM Author: Carmine 180 Ticket Booth Boltzmann self-financed real estate developers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382966) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:32 PM Author: aqua travel guidebook preventive strike any company with a competent GC who deals with you but who also is not directly answerable for the legal bills.
Rich people are the worst. No one ever gets rich by paying their workers well. |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:54 PM Author: ivory brunch hominid "any company with a competent GC who deals with you but who also is not directly answerable for the legal bills."
I can imagine such a creature, but I've never worked with one. Every GC I've dealt with has had responsibility for the case's fees.
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:33 PM Author: Kink-friendly Swashbuckling Temple Deep pockets, don't pester you much, consistent steady work, low expectations (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25382991) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:40 PM Author: Maize national Pestering = easiest billables this side of large-invite conference calls. It's so cute that you kids get miffed about clients calling. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383015) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:48 PM Author: rebellious rehab codepig Protip: padding is the easiest billables. WHy listen to clients bitch when you can just add another .5 anyway? just lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383055) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:49 PM Author: Maize national touche' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383064) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 6:35 PM Author: opaque hateful box office dragon mfcr. any billable event that has time accountability (i.e., the task can be measured and verified) is disfavored in my book. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383285) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 6:59 PM Author: Alcoholic sienna mad cow disease menage Yeah, and it's not like you get paid by the hour anyways. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383392) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 6:01 PM Author: laughsome ebony knife range like, say, a home insurance company doling out small-time claims work? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383117) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:55 PM Author: chartreuse bearded den IME, clients who are not risk averse and deal with transactions in which attorneys' fees are a rounding error. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383102) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 5:59 PM Author: Blathering reading party house Ardor'd, rageful institutional clients, who sing of war and men at war, the brave law firms reaching the shores of court; sing now Holmes, Jr., J., sing me your song of scorched earth and jurisprudence made, the sacrifice of the young associate, the savior of the circuit, for the company bet'd in litigation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25383111) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 12:13 PM Author: Haunting Angry Theater Coffee Pot haha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25386646) |
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Date: April 14th, 2014 11:43 PM Author: Ocher bull headed trailer park Insured ones. When insurance pays and clients get to generally call the shots, THOSE are the best clients. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25385139) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 10:40 PM Author: chartreuse bearded den No. Fighting with insurance is horrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25390396) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 11:15 AM Author: marvelous goal in life are former startup tech clients chill and fratty or terrible? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25386407) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 11:15 AM Author: Excitant orange native ones with lots of money. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25386410) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 11:20 AM Author: Garnet Fiercely-loyal Piazza In my field (family law), professional, educated men. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25386432) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 11:39 AM Author: Crimson Cruise Ship Expound? Are you doing like father's rights stuff? Or divorce stuff? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2543444&forum_id=2#25386479) |
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Date: April 15th, 2014 12:17 PM Author: Cerise dilemma The best clients for me have the following characteristics:
1. consistently do transactions
2. don't complain about the bill
3. are reasonable in negotiations by sticking to their guns with the important points, but being flexible on the less important points
4. are generally pleasant and realize we're on the same team |