No-Show
Not showing up for court. Had a defendant/client with a very simple traffic issue but he WOULD NOT come to court. Now, he had an attorney (a good one) who had negotiated a sweet, sweet deal, but since he wouldn’t come to court, the judge put a warrant out for his arrest.
No big whoop. We find the client, arrange for him to come to court on the next available day and file the appropriate motions to have the warrant lifted. And guess what? He doesn’t show.
So now, his sweet deal is blown, he’s incurred $600-$700 in additional attorney fees for the extra work and there’s still a warrant out for his arrest.