When I first contacted LCL, I thought I was alone in suffering from alcoholism. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to stop drinking. It was sometime later that I was ready to begin a treatment program. About halfway through my stay, I began to feel alone and fearful again. The prospect of revealing the lies and secrets during my heavy drinking to my clients was more than I could face. I feared my own … [Read more...]
LCL Offered to Help
In 2006, my largest client went out of business. I could not absorb the 80% gross revenue decline caused by this closure. As a result, I went into foreclosure proceedings leading to the loss of my home followed by bankruptcy. In addition, the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board filed a petition against me. I later learned that LCL received a courtesy copy of the petition when it went public … [Read more...]
I Felt Hopeless
At the close of a big trial, I felt very down about the way things had gone and the likely outcome. The feeling I had when I walked out of the courtroom with both the client and my managing attorney looking at me was overwhelming. I felt terrible. Not only did I feel an enormous sense of responsibility and disappointment for having let them down, my client (and I) needed an award of attorneys’ … [Read more...]
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