Old clients who never really go away...and need to!

Old Angry Client who still thinks I represent him!

There are certain clients who become ex-clients for a variety of reasons.  Either they lose their kids (through severance of their parental rights); they disappear and because they don't reappear, they don't get me reappointed as their lawyer; or I successfully get their case dismissed and "happily ever after" (at least for a while).  The last doesn't happen as much as I would like but when it does, usually everyone is happy...usually.

This latest ex-client was angry from the beginning.  Granted, when CPS comes swooping in and takes away your kid, it can make anyone angry but he was LOUSY and reacting inappropriately and overboard.  He also is very religious (not against that but it affected how he related to others) and from a foreign country originally so he would constantly state how much he hated Arizona (which didn't help).  Finally, he was an MMA cage fighter (which you wouldn't know to look at him) and used marijuana to "self medicate" for his injuries.  He didn't have a medical MJ card (initially) and the use of MJ is "frowned upon" for CPS parents.  I still almost got his child returned to him initially except for the MJ.  Despite  several angry outbursts, we still got his child returned to him and the child's mother in about 7 months (or less...I don't remember how long it took).

He just called the other day and left an angry message for me.  I finally called him back (despite the fact that I don't represent him anymore - relieved when the case was dismissed).  He went to get his daughter's birth certificate and found out that his name wasn't on it.  He was angry because he thought that the lawyers had taken care of that.  I explained to him that we established paternity (through an SP) but that he needed to take it to the Department of Vital Records and get a new birth certificate issued.  I told him how to do it and where to get a certified copy.  He then went on a rant about not having all of the records from the case.  I explained that any copies of disclosure that I received in the case, I made a copy and gave it to him.  He stated that he wanted every piece of paper in the case to take to his "private lawyer".  We had a long conversation about when transcripts are generated and when they are not and how he would have to request and pay for all transcripts himself.  He hung up very unhappy.

Hours later, he calls and leaves two more messages essentially claiming that the paperwork was not in his handwriting and is apparently messed up...I have no idea what he is talking about other than sometimes the lawyers will fill out the paperwork to expedite the filings.  I dread calling him back....