I am frustrated because I have several cases where I suspected a nurse had a chemical dependency however the client denied a dependency issue. These are licensure defense cases where I am representing a nurse before the Board of Nursing based on a complaint filed against her/her license.
How do you deal with clients who provide you false, inaccurate, or untruthful assertions and information?
I will ask bluntly, how you effectively and adequately represent, counsel, and advise a liar?
Everyone is human and we all do things we regret and make mistakes.
What pisses me off are clients who lie to me and I am their attorney of record. There are so many others a client can lie to like their significant other, spouse, parents, children, etc., so why lie to your attorney when its my job to represent, counsel, and advise you in a legal matter that impacts your license, live, and your livelihood!!!!!!!
I apologize for this rant. I was reared and I am a Baptist. I am not religious but I believe in God. I was not allowed to even use the word "lie" until I was 18 and even now my grandmother still looks at me funny when I use the word. My grandmother always told us there is nothing worse than a liar and a thief.
Maybe I am being dramatic as my 19 y/o son tells me I am a drama queen but I am upset about a particular case where a client's untruthful assertions have caused significant harm to his case and I would have represented, counseled, and advised him differently IF he gave me the "skinny" earlier.
Does being an attorney or a defense attorney mean that you have to become accustomed to lies, deceit, and deception?
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