How To Handle Lawyers Threatening You
I faced off against a guy with this sort of attitude once.
The case <i>did</i> end up in front of a judge.  The judge laughed at the guy, and threatened to hold him in contempt of court.  The day before the contempt hearing, we settled for double what my client had been seeking.<p>Another guy, a doctor, threatened to report me to the bar association.  I responded by reporting him to the medical board.  His license was suspended for making threats. Last I heard, he'd been forced to declare bankruptcy.<p>Another guy simply refused to cooperate with a lawsuit. I guess he was trying to prevent the case from going to trial. Problem for him was that if the case had gone to trial, we wouldn't have won nearly as much as we ended up winning in the default judgment (which does not require the other party to show up).<p>Most lawyers who handle litigation do so because they enjoy litigation.  You try the stunts this guy recommends in his blog post, and they will eat you alive.  So take his "advice" with a grain of salt.