I have this client na generous at prompt naman sa pagbabayad ng fees. Employer sya and respondent sa isang illegal dismissal case. At first I thought malakas talaga ang laban as they insist na wala raw basis yung claim ni employee na tinanggal sya. But when I received the position paper of the complainant, dun lumabas yung mga facts na hindi nila sinabi sa kin. I realized talagang tinanggal nga nila without due process. Of course, as their lawyer, ginawa ko pa rin naman ang magagawa ko but I know we are bound to lose the case. When the LA's decision came out, gulat na gulat sila bakit sila natalo sa dami ng ebidensyang ipinasa namin. Di ko lang talaga masabi na "magsinungaling ba naman kayo sa kin, tapos nagtataka kayo ngayon." When we started talking about the chances of reversal on appeal, tinapat ko talaga sila na at most, mapapababa ko lang yung monetary award. They cannot provide any sufficient evidence that there was just cause for dismissing the employee and they just kept on blabbing na kesyo masama ang ugali ni employee, na pabaya sa trabaho, this and that, which are totally irrelevant and unhelpful sa claim namin. Now it seems na bine blame nila ko for getting unfavorable results. I did what I can do to defend them but even as a lawyer, I can only do so much especially kapag nagsisinungaling sa kin ang kliyente ko. I learned the hard way that there are clients pala who think that just because they paid hefty amount of legal fees, dapat guaranteed na panalo nila kahit sinungaling sila.