Retaining a Lawyer

“Can you just call the court and tell them that I need a postponement? “ It sounds so easy and quick. Unfortunately, if you are just calling a lawyer for the first time, attorneys cannot just call the court and ask them to postpone a matter. The lawyer must be retained first. Often, clients think that they can retainer a lawyer to just write a letter or call the court to postpone a motion or even trial. Unfortunately, once a lawyer submits a letter to the court, the lawyer has been retained for the entire matter. You will, therefore, be hard pressed to find a lawyer who will just call the court to postpone a matter.