April 30th in Clients, Humour, Legal Quotes by Editor .
Legal Quote of the Week: Bill This
How to give a client the middle finger without actually giving them the middle finger…
Funnily enough, we couldn’t find this anywhere in the “caring for your clients” section.
Your e-mail took me away from a multimillion dollar agreement I’m working on, so if I have to stop what I’m doing to view and respond to an e-mail, then I have to charge you.
– Anonymous lawyer to businesswoman Jennifer Walzer on why he billed her $60 for a courtesy eight-word email. (ATL)
April 30, 2010
I know how he feels. Sometimes clients do fail to understand that lawyers charge by the hour ie time is money for us and a cost for them.
April 30, 2010
Haha,way to go. I can’t quite decide whether or not there is a douche out there that would come out with those actual words but there probably is.
May 4, 2010
I’m more important than my clients syndrome. What a knob.