Someone asked me for legal advice, and I helped her for five days without paying attention to my time, my health, or my daily work in the Egyptian courts.
She kept explaining the same problem again and aagain, sometimes dozens of times a day. I asked her to stop repeating the problem and to focus on the legal process, but she continued to repeat the same complaints.
She told me about an Egyptian lawyer who filed a civil case in Alexandria in the name of his son, and she sent me the case documents
I continued helping her and contacted one of my trusted lawyer colleagues in Alexandria to check the case. I discovered that the case was real, but the lawyer responsible for it did not attend the court session and left the case to be struck out, and indeed the judge decided to strike it out
At first, I believed her when she said that the lawyer was a scammer, but later I realized that she might be the real reason behind what happened
She talks about her complaints thousands of times a day. I told myself that she is emotionally burned and very angry because of her ex-husband, so I tried to understand and appreciate her situation.
Later, she asked for a video call at the end of the week. She asked for this because she doubted me and wanted to verify who I am
Later, she asked for a video call at the end of the week. She asked for this because she doubted me and wanted to verify who I am
Later, she asked for a video call at the end of the week. She asked for this because she doubted me and wanted to verify who I am
She did not care at all about the five days I had already given her, and she considered the matter very simple, even though my legal consultations start with a paid fee after just 30 seconds, which is clearly mentioned in my welcome message that she ignored.Not only that, but she considered the video call as a condition to decide whether she would hire me as her lawyer or not, after all the help I gave her and after all the losses I suffered.
I even sent her an official court document containing her case details from the Alexandria Court, which I obtained through my lawyer colleague, just to support her and reassure her. Despite all of this, she still said that she had not decided yet whether to hire me.
At that moment, I understood two things: why her previous lawyer ignored her, and that she plays with others in the same way others played with her. In the end, I sent her my apology and clearly refused to work with her, even if she paid the full amount I would normally charge.
She is not trustworthy to work with, she is harmful, exploitative, does not appreciate others’ time or effort