Problem Client Type “D”

         Similar to the “Pie in the Sky” problem client, the next type of problem client simply refuses to accept the fact that the legal system moves slowly. Despite constant admissions that things will not happen quickly, this problem client keeps calling and asking why things have not progressed. This client expects that a complaint is filed in court, and they win thirty days later. This client also complains when their lawyer grants extensions to the other attorney as a matter of courtesy or takes the unreasonable position that no extension should ever be granted. Every lawyer knows that they often will need an extension at some point in the case and starting out by refusing the reasonable requests of the adverse council is a terrible way to start the ball rolling in any case. It is not only bad for the attorney; it is bad for the client. The client who cannot accept that the process is often a slow one, is a client who will likely end up turning on their lawyer at some point. Further, this problem client type fails to acknowledge that every lawyer has many clients whose needs and interests need to be prioritized and juggled. This problem client always places himself at the top of the list.  Is it fair that all of your other clients have to suffer because one client is the squeaky wheel? I will call this problem client “Tick-Tock Watch the Clock.”