Fritter: The Verb

Fritter: The Verb
(“To spend or waste; to dissipate or dwindle”)

This is a bit of a rant. A long time client referred a friend to us to discuss an employment issue involving a public employer. I took the telephone call and spent about thirty minutes discussing the situation. At the end I told the would-be client there was nothing I could do, which was a shame because I would have won the case. I also asked why an appeal had been dismissed, and was told that an out of state lawyer had recommended this. Grrrr!!!!

This was a person with a fairly responsible position who simply failed to take the few minutes and dollars to speak to a qualified employment lawyer about an important employment issue. Any reasonably savvy New Jersey employment lawyer with public sector experience would have quickly plotted an effective defense strategy that would have produced a favorable outcome.

I have the unfortunate duty of telling so many employees that they do not have a case and it just galls me to no end when someone fritters away a winnable case by not picking up the telephone or searching the internet for a competent lawyer. Gee, the worse thing that can happen is that you will be told that you do not have a case, but don’t you want to know that? Don’t you want to know that there is nothing that can be done so that you can be done with the issue and move on?

I thought this would make me feel better to put it on paper, but it has not helped. I still am shaking my head. Please take this heart; we can not help you unless call us.

If you have an employment issue that you wish to discuss please call me, Tom Barron, at 856 642 6445 or email me at tbarron@barpost.law.

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