The Pretender strikes again
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I suppose that in every profession, there are those that pretend to know what the hell they are doing. They are generally not terribly bright, and don’t usually know what they are doing. In the legal profession, I have called them the Pretenders. These are the people that tell potential clients anything to get the clients to retain them.
Of course, in the legal profession, it is unethical to make promises about an outcome of a case. This, however, seems to happen quite a bit in criminal defense cases. And for those in the Fort Worth area, you all know exactly who you are.
I have no problem with people that send out letters to prospective clients. I really don’t. But when that letter is really a glossy pamphlet that contains absolutely untrue information about your “firm” and direct implications that you can get a case, any case, dismissed, it’s a little ridiculous.
Now, this firm has been around a long time, and everyone in the business knows about them and how they work. No one likes them. Especially the little “attorney” who runs the firm. Normally, I don’t give this half-ass firm a second thought. Today, however, is different.
I spoke to a prospective client the other day about her case. It is a serious situation, and anyone who knows what the hell they are doing would know that it would be important to get out ahead of this early with the plan to go to trial. She decided to retain me and all was well. I began working on the initial strategy of how best to defend her from these charges. But something happened. She opened her mail.
The next day, she apparently got some snazzy little brochure about how criminal cases are…