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This is the break you have been looking for at work.

The founding

partner of the law firm where you are an associate has assigned you
one of the longtime clients with the firm. It is your understanding the
relationship between the partner and client expands decades.

The

founding partner shared with you the importance of this clients


business with the firms bottom line. The founding partner proudly told
you, this client worked his way up from the ground level of his
company and he is a real hands on kind of guy. The client is a CEO of
a fortune 500 company specializing in mining and fracking operations.
The client shows up at your office with research from one of those
Internet search engines and states this is an easy one, so dont screw it
up. Which of the following is the most effective action choice on how
to proceed?
(A) Set the research aside and proceed to discuss what brought him to
your office.
(B) State we use the state of the art search engines at this law firm;
therefore you need to leave the lawyering up to us.
(C) Now how can I help you today?
(D) What is your problem?
(E) Thank the client for their hard work. Continue by stating I
understand from your call yesterday that you would like to talk about
your business relationship with the city of Greenville. I would like to
listen to whatever you have to say about that and any other situation
you wish to discuss. Please tell me about it and what you would like to
accomplish.

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