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Why Won’t Sharks Attack Lawyers? Professional Courtesy
By: Donna Ray Berkelhammer. This was posted Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Loading ...While attorneys are ethically bound to “zealously represent” the interests of their clients, many of us take that as license to be unpleasant, overly aggressive or even abrasive.
Most of the attorneys I have worked with in my career (including opposing counsel) are ethical, caring professionals who truly want to help their clients meet a specific goal. Yet my most significant marketing challenge as a North Carolina business attorney remains gaining the trust of potential clients. People have heard horror stories and are afraid to hire an attorney, even when they really need one.
We are seen as liars and cheats– people who routinely drag things out to bill more fees. We are called pit bulls, sharks, vultures and worse. It is the bad apples that people remember.
What’s your experience with lawyers? Do you see them as helping the process or a necessary evil?
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Posted by: free software download | March 19th, 2011 at 9:22 amI find lawyers to be dishonest, of low moral character, and devoid of conscience. I have hired two seperate attorneys in Jefferson County, (Louisville, KY) to handle a civil matter for me and both have just taken my retainer and done Nothing to further my case. It is still pending. It has been 4 years since I began this suit. I have reported this to the KY Bar Association, but that’s like reporting crime to satan. Clients have no legal recourse. I’m certainly not going to hire a third thief. That would be “insane”. Egg sucking dogs.
Posted by: Marissa | April 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pmIt distresses me to hear stories like this. One of the services I provide to clients is to help them find reputable attorneys for them in areas where I can’t help them. I spend a lot of uncompensated time on this to help them avoid situations like yours. I’m wondering how you found these two attorneys?
Posted by: Donna Ray Chmura | April 14th, 2011 at 11:18 am