Sue the bastard!!!

I have been an attorney for almost 9 years. For the first 8 years, I never heard a single complaint.

I recently read/heard from various sources that, recently, people are more likely to sue attorneys than they were in the past. To wit:

In the last 6 to 8 months, I have had altercations with 5 different clients. So far, I have fought against 2 and won. There are 3 left, and I have a feeling that one more is coming. So irritating. I have so much proof that I did what I was supposed to do! And I'm so busy with legitimate work!

In one case, the woman actually filed a lawsuit rather than file a complaint with the state bar. I met with her in the summer of 2005 to draft documents so that she could get visitation with the daughter that she "allegedly" beat the crap out of.

After we drafted the initial documents, and before she signed anything, she was supposed to bring back to my office documents relating to the criminal action where she was defending herself against felony child abuse. I asked her to bring those documents so that I could review the documents from the criminal action.

She never came back. I didn't hear from her for almost 2 years. Because she didn't come back, I tried contacting her several times in order to give back MOST of the money she had given me to pursue the action. Never heard a word from her.

So now I am suddenly defending myself against her, and I don't know why. I didn't get a chance to screw anything up. I think of all the cases where I actually DID screw something up and everything worked out okay, and nobody sued me. Why the heck is she suing me??? As part of her cause of action against me, she is stating that if I hadn't screwed up, she wouldn't have had to plead guilty to felony child abuse. Sigh.

There are two other cases where I have been reported. In one of them, the woman I represented stated, in her complaint, that in response to her statement that she had cancer, I rubbed 2 fingers together and said, "Hear that? That's the smallest violin in the world, and that's how much I could give a **** that you have cancer!"

I can be a mean person, but I would never say that in response to someone telling me that he/she has cancer, even if it is an opposing party.

I will probably post about the other two cases later. I'm so annoyed and irritated and stressed. I have so much LEGITIMATE work to do. And yet if I don't respond to these complaints, they will go down against me.