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A Big Law Firm?

• Here's A List of Things Which Partners At Some Big Law Firms Don't Tell New Clients litigationlitigation insurance bad faithlitigation Title VII lawye will contests

1) "I won’t be attending all of the important events in your case, not even all of the court hearings, that’s why big firms have associates."

2) "You will end up speaking with my paralegal and my associates more than you’ll be talking to me. My staff returns most of my messages."

3) "Expect to pay two people to read the same incoming letter."

4) "My three biggest clients get 80% of my attention."

5) "Unfortunately, we do have some associate turnover. As lawyers move on, you’ll be paying to bring new people up to speed on your case."

6) "One of the reasons that I charge so much is because partners in big firms share income with all of the other partners, even the ones whom you'll never meet."

7) "We use our office's smaller cases for new lawyers to learn on."

8) "While you may think that our entire firm is going to be working for you, that's not true. Your file is only going to be assigned to my group, the rest of the firm won't have anything to do with it."

9) "Your case is one of many that I oversee. I will assign different people to do different tasks. I can't promise you that the right hand will always know what the left hand is doing."

10) "Most of the lawyers that work here actually have less experience than you might think."