My telephone system and cell phone drive my practice as a criminal defense attorney. I tell my clients they may call me any time of the day or night, and they depend on my being available or calling right back. Of course, when I am in the courtroom all day or when I need peace and quiet for preparing documents and briefs, the phone messages back-up. The list of missed calls gets pretty large, and the voicemails back-up, too. Usually, the clients say simply, "George here, call me at…" I depend on the reverse telephone look-up service to make sense of all those missed calls, and I have used the information from the service to help me computerize all of my case files. With just a telephone number, I not only can identify a client but also pull-up data about his case, its status, his or her fee schedule and all the rest. With new clients, I can greet them by name when I return their calls, and I usually can develop a few personal questions to gain their trust, because I can infer a little about each person from their zip codes and e-mail addresses. With clients who have "disappeared"—the ones who have missed appointments or whose trials are rapidly approaching—I can find alternative phone numbers, and I send post cards to their addresses. And when "George" calls, using the reverse phone look-up service, I can figure which "George" and why. My practice depends on the phone, and I depend on the reverse phone look-up to make my phone even more powerful.
Relationships are based on simple interactions between living things including man. They merge into complex relations between them. Understanding of these and their lighter side can make ones life brighter.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Courtroom Drama
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