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Dangerous Clients: What to Do

Divorce lawyers are more often the objects of violence and threats of violence than any other group of attorneys. A 1997 survey of ABA Family Law Section members found that 60% of respondents had been threatened by adverse parties; 17% by their own clients. Twelve percent had actually been assaulted by a client or opposing party. Remarkably, only a quarter of these respondents took steps to protect their safety. There is a natural reluctance to recognize danger, and this is partly because most of us have no realistic idea how to protect ourselves.

23 minute read March 29, 2006 at 01:31 PM
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Robert Galatzer-Levy
Dangerous Clients: What to Do

When he lost a custody fight for his three children, accountant Nicholas A. Lucarella hired two hit men to get revenge ' against his own lawyer, Peter Paras of Red Bank, NJ.

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