Those Darn Lawyers

LAW / SOCIAL ISSUES

Had Problems with Lawyers?

• Do they ride roughshod over clients' rights?
• Do lawyer-judges favor lawyers?
• Consumer protection rules apply to most busi?nesses. Why do lawyers have free rein, not even an ombudsman for clients' rights?

THESE AND OTHER questions led the author-journalist to write Those Damn Lawyers, citing her own encounters. This well-documented book tells how a law firm was able to dump her in midstream despite a written contract. Going pro se she took the issue to Connecticut's Appellate Court, with disturbing results.

YOU WILL DISCOVER
• How lawyers dump clients they don't want.
• How a lawyer-written rule eases withdrawal.
• What happens after the client is abandoned.
• How the Appellate Court dodged the issue.
• How a due process solution could remedy the problem of lawyers' breach.

Those Darn Lawyers is a personal account, not a how-to manual, but its dos and don'ts can help you get a handle on client-lawyer issues and smooth your way through the tangles of the American civil justice system