My crazy clients

Ok, Most of my clients are crazy, but this one is REALLY crazy. She a hoarder. I'm not kidding. She calls me before every hearing and tells me what to say to the Judge (99.9% of what she tells me to say is wrong, of course). Then she also embarasses me by calling the Judge's secretary and talking to her, and then asking the sceretary to look for me in the courtroom (which is on a diferent floor from the Judge's office.)

So, today crazy called. And when I wasn't screaming at her to stop talking and listen to me instead of lecturing me on things she has no knowledge of. She told me she doesn't care what my professional opinion is, and to just do the work she hired me for. Now, you have to understand that my profesional opinion and my ability to do legal work are intertwined. I won't do work that I think is not warranted, or will lose. This lady wants me to do work that I know we will lose. So, I objected and told her I wouldn't do it. She said I'm not asking for your personal opinion.

I told her that if she heard my personal opinion, she might cry. That was kind of mean, but she was talking over me the entire time and didn't hear a word I said.

She also asked for my cell phone number. I never give clients my cell number, but since she leaves messages for me at the office from anywhere between 6am and Midnight, and the messages are 5 minutes long each, and 3 in a row, I was even more adamant and I said "Hell no!" That was really rude. I hope she heard it.