{"id":26219,"date":"2015-09-03T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=26219"},"modified":"2015-09-03T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T19:54:16","slug":"when-a-legal-client-ignores-court-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=26219","title":{"rendered":"When a legal client ignores court orders&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"title-div\">\n<p>&#8230;the law firm representing him will sue. Him, that is. Their client. After firing him.<\/p>\n<p>I.e., a lawyer isn&#8217;t going to fall on his sword and take a contempt charge from a judge if his client hasn&#8217;t turned over material the judge ordered him to turn over.<\/p>\n<p>I was involved in a case with a similar cast. When a lawyer was spoken to harshly by a judge because his clients hadn&#8217;t turned over material they had access to, the lawyer apologized to the judge, thanked her for yelling at him&#8211;he intended to pass her disapproval along to his clients&#8211;but said: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t been able to reach them.&#8221; And shortly thereafter the lawyer filed a request to withdraw from the case.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t lie to your lawyer. If he&#8217;s a respectable attorney, he won&#8217;t pass that lie along to the judge.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Law Firm of Harry Issler, PLLC v. Kask, 654508\/12E<\/em><\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><time datetime=\"August 31, 2015\"> August 31, 2015<\/time><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row main-page-div\">\n<div class=\"span7 stalkerOffset\">\n<div class=\"article-text decision-summary-text\">\n<ul class=\"docket\">\n<li>Supreme Court, New York County, Part 31<\/li>\n<li>Justice Laura Drager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Ex-Client&#8217;s Repeated Pattern of Noncompliance With Court-Ordered Disclosure Found Willful<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;the law firm representing him will sue. Him, that is. Their client. After firing him. 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