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    Default How Much Information Can I Ask My "Free" Lawyer Without Annoying Him

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: NJ

    I think I have a case, I mean I have an attorney who took my case with no upfront fees on a contingent but even that alone is no guarantee. So I am very interested in the technical details, but I do not want to to ask too many questions of course so what does people here think is acceptable? Can I ask for him to send me copies of all the pleadings or is it best to leave him alone. My case involves two employers so I imagine along with his other cases and mine that he is very busy and does not wish to explain to me in 5 minutes what took him 30 years to obtain through education and experience. Am i being naive, reasonable or irrational here or all of the preceeding. I have to be obviously non-descript in the details here. I hope this was a valid question

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    Default Re: How Much Information Can I Ask My "Free" Lawyer Without Annoying Him

    We have no idea what he'd consider acceptable or not acceptable. Why not have the conversation with him?

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    Default Re: How Much Information Can I Ask My "Free" Lawyer Without Annoying Him

    I just sent him a message, does anyone know of how I can learn about the technical stuff on my own. Is there like a book or something? I kinda get the feeling that he doesn't want to explain all the technical details that's why I came here.

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    Default Re: How Much Information Can I Ask My "Free" Lawyer Without Annoying Him

    You would be wise to leave him alone and let him do his job.

    If you want to learn stuff, there's google.

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    Default Re: How Much Information Can I Ask My "Free" Lawyer Without Annoying Him

    lol thank you both, so I guess the best answer is keep it simple. pick and choose what I ask of him and to let him do his job but both you and the other poster went opposite extreme. lol thank you.

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    Default Re: How Much Information Can I Ask My "Free" Lawyer Without Annoying Him

    Quote Quoting curiousandskeptical
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    lol thank you both, so I guess the best answer is keep it simple. pick and choose what I ask of him and to let him do his job but both you and the other poster went opposite extreme. lol thank you.
    It should not be a problem for you to ask for copies of pleadings and motions filed with the court. I send those to my clients as a matter of course, but not all attorneys do that. Sometimes you have to ask for that. There are some things the lawyer should explain as you go. For example, if the lawyer recommends a settlement, the lawyer should be willing to discuss with you why he recommends the settlement, what the alternatives are, and what the risks of those are.

    A lawyer on contingent fee will get annoyed if you want an explanation of every little part of the process and how the law works. It takes a long time to learn it and a lot this stuff is not easily explained in a sentence or two. Most of my clients pay by the hour, so if they want a full explanation of how stuff works I'll give it to them, but at my rates it would be cheaper for them to go to law school for that education than to get it from me.

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