Dear Client...

Dear Client, Please don't call me from jail, start the conversation with "So another inmate told me..." and then follow that up by questioning my advice to you. The fact that the other person is in jail in the first place means 1) she probably hasn't made the best decisions up to now, 2) she's probably not very smart or she wouldn't have done whatever she did AND gotten caught, and 3) she's not your lawyer and doesn't have a file 2 inches thick about the specifics of your case. I think I know just a little bit more than she does about what's all going on here and I'd appreciate it if you gave me a little more credit than you give some random other inmate. Please and thanks- PD