To all the lawyers

To all the lawyers on this forum:

Would you EVER give one of your clients a letterhead from your office with nothing on it but your signature??? Leaving it blank for them to fill in the rest?

I am curious if this is some kind of stupid common practice because I know someone who's lawyer did this.

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

Originally posted by comfortably_num
To all the lawyers on this forum:

Would you EVER give one of your clients a letterhead from your office with nothing on it but your signature??? Leaving it blank for them to fill in the rest?

I am curious if this is some kind of stupid common practice because I know someone who's lawyer did this.

My response:

Yes, it's an extremely common practice for lawyers to give their clients blank, signed, letterhead.

The reason this is done is so we lose our licenses to practice just a little bit faster than normal. Also, we do this so that our bank accounts will be emptied by allowing our clients to turn that letterhead into a Power of Attorney. There are so many more uses, and it just makes our lives just a little more interesting.

Hope this helps.

IAAL

[ccarter]

tsk, tsk, tsk IAAL,

Now was that meant to be funny or mean??

[HomeGuru]

In addition I sent my letterhead to a person that will get me $25 million from a Nigerian bank account.

Why wouldn't they? Don't you often sign blank checks and give them out as cards?

[HomeGuru]

Originally posted by Elvis
Why wouldn't they? Don't you often sign blank checks and give them out as cards?

My response: I thought we got rid of you?