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Can A Shitlaw Attorney "Fire" Client Before Suit Is Filed?

can a shitlaw attorney (contingency case) fire the client fo...
Swashbuckling Fat Ankles
  11/20/17
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Swashbuckling Fat Ankles
  11/20/17
Fuck yes. That should be in the engagement letter: "...
ungodly razzmatazz quadroon
  11/20/17
under the model rules, it seems like no materilly adverse af...
Swashbuckling Fat Ankles
  11/20/17
(b) Except as stated in paragraph (c), a lawyer may withdraw...
Black magical stage
  11/20/17
That's the best time fire a client if you're going to
Slap-happy Lettuce Principal's Office
  11/20/17
...
ungodly razzmatazz quadroon
  11/20/17
Just jump
Excitant chapel
  11/20/17
Yeah but not a good idea if close to SOL.
Narrow-minded institution
  11/20/17


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Date: November 20th, 2017 2:22 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Fat Ankles

can a shitlaw attorney (contingency case) fire the client for any reason, ethically or under a typical engagement letter?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3803708&forum_id=2#34732445)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:06 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Fat Ankles



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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:08 PM
Author: ungodly razzmatazz quadroon

Fuck yes. That should be in the engagement letter:

"I can fire your ass if you annoy the shit out of me, faggot"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3803708&forum_id=2#34732903)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:11 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Fat Ankles

under the model rules, it seems like no materilly adverse affect to client is enough:

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_16_declining_or_terminating_representation.html

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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:20 PM
Author: Black magical stage

(b) Except as stated in paragraph (c), a lawyer may withdraw from representing a client if:

. . . .

(5) the client fails substantially to fulfill an obligation to the lawyer regarding the lawyer's services and has been given reasonable warning that the lawyer will withdraw unless the obligation is fulfilled;

(6) the representation will result in an unreasonable financial burden on the lawyer or has been rendered unreasonably difficult by the client; or

(7) other good cause for withdrawal exists.

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If you can't figure out a way to withdraw, you're probably not competent to be a lawyer in the first place -- and that means you have to withdraw.

Problem solved.

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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:10 PM
Author: Slap-happy Lettuce Principal's Office

That's the best time fire a client if you're going to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3803708&forum_id=2#34732917)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:10 PM
Author: ungodly razzmatazz quadroon



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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:12 PM
Author: Excitant chapel

Just jump

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Date: November 20th, 2017 3:34 PM
Author: Narrow-minded institution

Yeah but not a good idea if close to SOL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3803708&forum_id=2#34733154)