Concerning personal service, it can be waived in particular circumstances, and I think you’d be able to get court-permission to subserve if it was a people-eating goblin. Depends on how pragmatic the judge is.
Concerning boring the heck out of clients, it really IS an effective way to gently dissuade a rash decision. No one wants to act, much less act rashly, once a lawyer has pontificated for an hour or so. At that point, it’s just survival instincts kicking in: people rushing for the bathrooms, and caffeine, and their cell phones.
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Concerning personal service, it can be waived in particular circumstances, and I think you’d be able to get court-permission to subserve if it was a people-eating goblin. Depends on how pragmatic the judge is.
Concerning boring the heck out of clients, it really IS an effective way to gently dissuade a rash decision. No one wants to act, much less act rashly, once a lawyer has pontificated for an hour or so. At that point, it’s just survival instincts kicking in: people rushing for the bathrooms, and caffeine, and their cell phones.