Unprofessional?

[GaPeach]

I have been calling around today to set up some consultations. One lawyer I talked to asked me some questions. When he asked how much I owe I told him ($75000 cc) and he said "oh my lord". I thought that was very unprofessional of him and it turned me off big time. I don't think I will even go to the consult. What do you guys think?

[Overmylimit]

I have 481k in cc and my Lawyer was like ok we will deal with it. If he sounded suprised he probably doesn't have much experience with big #"s, if it were me I would find someone who is more qualified.

[laurannm]

I agree with the previous post, that comment tells me he doesn't have experience with large debts. One of lawyers we consulted with made a similar comment when I gave him our number of $125k in cc debt.

[cupcake]

When I told my attorney that there was approximately $100k in unsecured joint debt he looked at me and said, "Did you think I would be shocked by that? I'm not." That was very reassuring to me because I was certainly shocked and disgusted by it!! I think it was very unprofessional of the attorney to say "oh my Lord" when you told him how much debt you have. Go somewhere else and don't look back!

[JRScott]

If you have a bad feeling about a lawyer best to move on and check the next one out is my opinion

[exhausted]

If you have a bad feeling about a lawyer best to move on and check the next one out is my opinion

This is what I was going to say. If you have any doubts at all, then I wouldn't even bother with the consultation. There were a few attorneys that I canceled on because I didn't like the initial impression they left on me when I first contacted them over the phone.

The first firm that I met with felt so wrong to me that every fiber of my being was screaming, "NO! NO! NO!" the whole time I was there. I left their office and never spoke to them again. I have no doubt that I made the right choice. If it feels wrong, then it probably is.