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How much effort does a lawyer put into their client?
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Kim’s Answer
Jessica,
There are so many different areas of law, it's difficult to answer this question. And by "Effort" do you mean "time?" Some situations are easier to handle than others. Some things that may sound simple to an outsider are actually much more complex! We might think that writing a will is easy, for example, given all the available software that "practically does it for you!" But each person has special circumstances that may require extensive research to make sure it is worded properly to accomplish the desired outcome.
Speaking as a client in a civil employment law case, I can tell you that my attorney knew the facts better than I did, and I was fairly obsessed with the case! I remember him calling and asking me who certain people were, and why they had been cc'ed on a particular email I had received from my boss! That is great attention to detail! My case involved many individual incidents, and he had total knowledge of the details of each one!
Attorneys are supposed to do the best they can for their client. Are there attorneys who don't do that? Sure! When I was getting my will drafted, I was setting up a trust within the will. The trust had already been created, and, it required specific wording to be incorporated into the will. A simple copy and paste, but, I had to send it back three times for correction! As a client, it made me not have a lot of confidence in this particular attorney!
There are so many different areas of law, it's difficult to answer this question. And by "Effort" do you mean "time?" Some situations are easier to handle than others. Some things that may sound simple to an outsider are actually much more complex! We might think that writing a will is easy, for example, given all the available software that "practically does it for you!" But each person has special circumstances that may require extensive research to make sure it is worded properly to accomplish the desired outcome.
Speaking as a client in a civil employment law case, I can tell you that my attorney knew the facts better than I did, and I was fairly obsessed with the case! I remember him calling and asking me who certain people were, and why they had been cc'ed on a particular email I had received from my boss! That is great attention to detail! My case involved many individual incidents, and he had total knowledge of the details of each one!
Attorneys are supposed to do the best they can for their client. Are there attorneys who don't do that? Sure! When I was getting my will drafted, I was setting up a trust within the will. The trust had already been created, and, it required specific wording to be incorporated into the will. A simple copy and paste, but, I had to send it back three times for correction! As a client, it made me not have a lot of confidence in this particular attorney!
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Donna’s Answer
That depends on the lawyer, I would think. It takes as much effort as necessary to succeed and meet the client's goals. Some cases will be more interesting and more work intensive so that you think about the case constantly. Or it could be the client that you think about it. We are supposed to be dedicated to our cases and owe a duty of loyalty. It's a hard question to answer.