Law Practice
Oct. 16, 2007
The Curse of Compassion for Clients - When Advocacy Sacrifices Objectivity
Forum Column - By William Domnarski - Most clients want their lawyers to be both friends and experts. Giving in to this temptation can prove fatal to an attorney's professionalism.
William Domnarski
Email: domnarski@gmail.com
William Domnarski is a Southland mediator and practitioner. His latest book is "Richard Posner," published by Oxford University Press in 2016.
By William Domnarski
Clients. We cannot live without them, but at the same time danger lurks when we become too close to them and give them too much of ourselves. They may want what we can give, but to give it can cut into our professionalism.
We need clients as a necessary condition for the practice of law. A lawyer without clients is just sitting in an office. This is what happe...
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