Hollywood Expectations

Do your clients have Hollywood expectations?  By that I mean, they expect things to happen the way things do in the movies. 

 In the movies the following happen:

• Their lawyer only works on one matter at a time (the client's)
• The lawyer is able to find the case/witness/piece of evidence that magically results in a win for the client
• There is never a discussion about how much it is going to cost the client
• Cases are conducted with the speed of light, with major litigation getting a hearing within weeks of the proceedings being issued
• The other side is always in the wrong
• There is only black or white - nothing is ever grey

It should be pretty obvious that if your client has Hollywood expectations, then you are in trouble unless you can remove the rose coloured glasses and have the client see the real world of a legal case.