| I've been criticized for telling people "If you
don't have an email address, you don't exist." I've
never been able to reach my critics by email, so I guess
that proves my point. From recent experience, here's
how to tell your lawyer's not wired:
- He takes notes on a legal pad. His secretary
prepares your documents on a computer. In the
process, she can't read his writing and misspells
your name throughout.
- He promises to get right back to you with a small
detail that's necessary to complete your document
in a timely fashion. Instead of calling you, he
writes you a letter and sends it via snail mail.
- You call him after hours and get an answering
service instead of his voice mail.
- You ask for a copy of your documents on disk in
case you need to make any small changes. He says
that would be like giving away proprietary
information; that the electronic copy of the
printed document was a "trade secret."
(You tell him, "That's fine, I'll just scan
it in from the printed copy.")
- You give him the URL for your web page, then
flame him in a Soapbox article knowing he'll
never show up. (After all, he doesn't have an
email address therefore - he doesn't really
exist!)
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