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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Asshole partner. It's because of the jelly-like spines they have when dealing with clients that clients are able to act like assoholes. The few partners I've worked for who say stuff like, "Actually, the office is closing early today, so we'll get that to you next week," when they know the client doesn't need or won't look at whatever they are asking for until next Thursday seem to get more business anyway. Maybe it's because the client respects them, while they continue to piss all over the wimps who volunteer to have something for them by 1:00 pm on July 4th.
So, long story short: Shit on the Asshole partner's desk before taking him the fuck out.
TM
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This is the best advice I have read. I had clients who called me every name in the book and threatened to have me fired all the time. They'd demand I file all sorts of improper and frivolous pleadings for them. I have a collection of letters from opposing counsel threatening to take me to the disciplinary board for things my clients made me do. The only way to shut those people down was to curse back at them and tell them point blank that they were being real shits and totally unreasonable. If they know they can run over you all the time, they will do so all the time. But once you stand up to them, they suddenly cower. Thats how those people are. They know nothing but to push and push until someone calls them on it. It took me a year and several ulcers and tirades from judges angry about my clients' shit before I stood up. But when I did, suddenly I realized, those wretched scumbags were just bluffing. And when they did try to get me fired, my boss backed me up.
And no, I never wrote a CYA letter to any one of them. That makes you look like a chickenshit who's only concerned with being sued. You send a client a "I think you're going to get sanctioned if we follow your strategy" letter and you lose all respect.
