The Cost of Taking Cases Without Commitment

If you aren’t going to work the case, please do the client and yourself a favor: Don’t take the case!

At least once a week, I get a call from someone whose lawyer left them hanging. Maybe they bailed before filing suit. Maybe they filed and then withdrew or dismissed the case.

The common theme? Nothing was done. No investigation. No follow-up. No effort.

It always makes me wonder: What was the plan? Like, maybe I’ll just shuffle some papers around, hope the check shows up, and then abandon ship if it doesn’t?

Clients deserve better than that. Their case isn’t about you. It isn’t about your goal of trying to collect a check with minimal to no work.

When someone puts their trust in you after an injury, you owe them more than a signature on a fee contract. You owe them effort, honesty, and action. If you aren’t willing and able to do that you need to decline the case or refer it to someone who will.

The client, and you, will be better off for it. Don’t you agree? Join the conversation with me on LinkedIn.