This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 4, 2008

When Clients Become Difficult, Attorneys Must Walk a Fine Line

When clients become difficult during the discovery process, lawyers must get creative, write Lynn Duryee and Matthew N. White - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Lynn Duryee and Matthew N. White
This article appears on Page 4

      Your client won't answer interrogatories. You've explained the rules again and again. You have begged, threatened, cajoled, charmed and reasoned, but with no success. Your client is swamped at work, overwhelmed by family obligations or has better things to do than answer stupid questions and search for long-forgotten documents.
  &...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up