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March 25, 2025 By The Frog Knows, aka Chuck Farrar Leave a Comment

The “Junkyard Lawyer” Myth

The potential new client says: “I am looking for a junkyard lawyer, a bulldog lawyer!”

This request for a junk yard lawyer from a potential client seeking to resolve a legal dispute always causes me these disjunctive reactions:

Junkyard Lawyer Making Matters Worse

1. This person has never retained a lawyer before to resolve a legal dispute so is a “virgin” when it comes to working with a lawyer, or

2. This person must have a bottomless pit of money to throw down the drain thrashing through a legal dispute. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Communication- Attorney-Client, Hiring A Lawyer Tagged With: Business Law, Junkyard lawyer

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