June 12, 2015
The Thursday morning started calmly enough. In the office early, a fresh cup of steaming coffee by my side, I was ready to dive into the day’s work. Then “Alice” called. The wife of a client I had served in a small matter several years earlier, she had an urgent situation: she needed to sell her business. By Monday. Forget the fact that there would be all manner of due diligence, getting familiar with the transaction, creating the sales documents, complying with the Bulk Sales Law…and sacrificing the weekend. She grumbled at the rates I quoted. She couldn’t understand why I would insist on a written engagement letter (a/k/a a contract) – don’t I trust her? And when she got the letter, which specified a partial up-front payment, she went ballistic. “I do business with some of the largest law firms in the city and they don’t treat me like this. The only reason I’m using you is because my husband used you several years ago. I could go anywhere!” I paused, calmly took a…
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