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An Open Letter To Prospective Criminal Defense Clients

By Brian Tannebaum

Hello.Thank you for making an appointment to meet with me and for considering me as your counsel.The phone number you called, and will continue to call if I am retained, is maintained by the phone company. Every month they send me a bill. If you are in jail, I have to pay for the calls you make to me whether you pay me for them or not. The person you spoke to on the phone works at my office. I pay her salary. I also pay her health insurance and parking. Every year I give her a birthday present and a holiday bonus and gift as well. Often times she tells me we need things for the office, and I purchase those items as well. Those include the legal pads I will take notes on about your case, the soda you are drinking, and the stamps that allow me to send you the documents you will want to review...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on August 14, 2007 (boomark / email).