The firm handled her divorce. Times were slow and lean and the firm would take almost any client who could cough up a minimim retainer. You do what you have to survive.

The lady was attractive, in a MILF way. She flirted quite a bit with the young attorney. Another attorney advised she would trade sexual favors in lieu of attorneys fees. The young attorney was ethical and declined these offers. Better to work for free than to be paid in that manner.

The lady had nothing worth arguing over. She had kids from other marriages, but there were no children of this marriage, so there would be no custody battle, and the couple mostly had debt and no property.

Soon enough, after filing her divorce, she claimed her husband threw a brick through her window. So the firm filed a motion for a protective order and sought a finding of family violence. This incidentally gave the firm leverage to use in the divorce.

Her husband had a good lawyer, but they quickly caved in. Yet, the client would not take the offer, wanted to keep arguing over the smallest items. When it came down to arguing over who got the Garth Brooks CD, she was told her retainer was used up (actually, it had been used up long before) and it would cost her extra attorney's fees to have a trial over a Garth Brook CD.

Only then did the case settle. One can only imagine the judicial outrage the firm would have faced had they let this client force a trial over a Garth Brooks CD. The firm and the lawyer felt the woman took advantage of them. Here they were, representing her nearly for free, and she kept the case going just to enjoy the drama.

The firm instituted some rules changes after that client.

Every year or two, the client calls the firm, asks for the same lawyer, tells him she remarried and is getting divorced again. And the firm always tells her the firm no longer takes familly cases.

But still, she keeps returning, asking for representation. "What about all the good times we had?" she asks.