The title of this short article is more than it seems. I most certainly want to be your Rhode Island Divorce Attorney but there's a bit more too it than that.
I don't want to be your Rhode Island Divorce Attorney because I want your money. However, Certainly I don't work for free and yet there's quite a bit more too it than that as well
Rhode Island Attorneys don't have the best reputation in the world. There is a litany of complaints about many of us. We don't return calls. We charge too much. We don't listen enough. We prolong things so we can make more money. We don't care. We're all scheisters and charletons.
I've heard these complaints for the last decade. Some apply to some Rhode Island divorce lawyers. Some apply to others. Some don't apply to any of us. It's these rumors and bad mouthing of attorneys that makes it hard to find a good attorney these days.
Let me give you an example. I was approached by a prospective divorce client who outlined a desperate story of what the client had been through. I was convinced the prospective client was being honest with me and that upon the client's initial up front payment and promises of future payment that I could rely upon this "good person".
I was given an initial up front retainer which was quickly exhausted when I realize that the two attorneys prior to me had been paid double and even triple what I was provided and yet they had done very little for this client. My heart went out to the client.
I put in over 244 uncompensated hours of legal work and advanced approximately $2,200 out of my own pocket to research and protect the client's interests. I put so much into the case that I pushed my health to the brink and required a court excusal to recover from the tremendous work and stress the case required.
Still, I felt that justice required that I continue for this client and rely upon the client's promises of payment. In short the result was unbelievable. After putting in over 240 hours without compensation and advancing $2,200 or so of my own funds on the client's behalf, I found myself placed in an ethical dilemna by the client's actions which forced me to withdraw from the case during trial as a result of the rules of Professional Conduct as I was required to do.
What was the end result? The client refused to pay me for months worth of work. The client refused to reimbursed me for the out of pocket monies I had advanced for the client. Then the client filed a disciplinary complaint against me because I filed a Motion to Withdraw as counsel because the client placed me in an untenable position by contacting the opposing counsel and attempting to directly contact the judge on the case without my knowledge.
Thankfully, the Disciplinary board saw the client's complaint for what it was, the complaint of an unhappy person who went behind his counsel's back and literally "tanked" his own case. He was upset when I presented him with a bill for the actual time spent on his case. This client resulted in the loss of almost 30% of my family income for the year
This is certainly a devastating blow to receive when you are taking care of a wife who has epilepsy and you are trying to meet office expenses and trying to make sure health coverage is kept in place and medications are available for your wife.
I'm not without a heart. I have taken on numerous "pro bono" cases over the years to help people in the community but never did they amount to the damage caused by this one client. Judge Laureen D'Ambra happened to exacerbate the matter with wrongful and false accusations of marijuana use during the trial which were quickly proven to be false.
Today, I screen prospective clients carefully and I do not accept every prospective client who contacts me. Today, I look for good clients because in the face of all the lawyers just looking to make a buck these days, I am a good lawyer. I operate within strict bounds of morality and well within my ethics and I have no problem filing a complaint against any attorney or judge who violates their ethical obligations.
Are you looking for an affordable, experienced Rhode Island Divorce lawyer?
Great!
I am looking for honest Rhode Island Divorce clients who deserve an experienced divorce lawyer with exceptional skills, high morals and unequalled ethics.
Add these things to rates that are well below my competition and you'll find that you won't do better no matter how hard you shop for a Rhode Island divorce attorney.
Rhode Island divorce isn't just something I do.
It's ALL I do!
Authored By:
Christopher A. Pearsall
Attorney-at-Law
70 Dogwood Drive, Suite 304
West Warwick, RI 02893
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