Perry's View

As an attorney, I often have prospective clients ask me "how often I win cases." While I do have a rough idea, I generally do not give a number or percentage of cases. Nor do I advertise my services on the basis of my success rate.

To me, this is an issue of legal ethics. I, like all attorneys, am bound by the canons of professional ethics (though I discuss the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, I am actually bound by the rules as adopted by my state licensing ...