lawman - 9:26 pm on Oct 10, 2007 (gmt 0)

DG:

My former partner was just being polite. His previous lawyers, for whatever reason, did not notify of his court date. Then, when the #*$! hit the fan, they told him they couldn't get him out of jail in time for his next gig. That's when my former partner got hired. Lil Wayne made his next gig.

I was hired this past Friday on a probation revocation case where the client had been in jail for 3 weeks. The prior attorney told the client 1) she couldn't get the client out of jail, and 2) the best the attorney could do was move the hearing date up.

The probation officer was in parts unknown until Monday. On Monday I had four signatures (mine, the probation officer, the DA, and the judge) on a consent order setting a probation bond.

All lawyers are not created equal. Make sure you hire the right one the first time.