In re the Estate of Chinsky

Wingate, S.

Most professional men have experienced the human phenomenon that in the estimation of their clients the value of their services decreases at least in direct, and frequently in geometric, ratio to the length of time elapsing between the performance of the service and the date when remuneration therefor is sought. A patient who is in extremis is ready to give his all to a physician who can save his life; a client on the verge of financial extinction is ready to agree that the lawyer who can save him from this fate is deserving of anything from a third to one-half or more of the money…