“I rose to shake hands with my client and asked her to sit down. You see, at first I didn’t recognize her. It was only when I glanced down at her hand and saw the ring that I knew it was she. An old and now estranged friend had given it to her. . .” […]
Author Archives: Mark Mantel
“A Cabin and a Sash for Molly” – The Chronicles of Mr. Mantel
Molly had squatted on the damp parquet flooring of the forbidding old cabin a long time before contacting our office. Indeed she stared at the cobwebs festooned on the walls until white dust completely covered her eyelids prior to summoning the courage to call: her energies were exhausted. After her grandfather’s death her life […]
“Bankruptcy With A Little Pride” – The Chronicles of Mr. Mantel
THERE’S ONE BANKRUPTCY I think I’ll remember for a long time. Nobody at my office could understand why the man bobbed his head in at first. It was about a year or so ago. Most clients schedule an appointment. But this man just knocked on the door wearing his round felt hat. He was much […]