I had the strangest (I assume, it's the only time I was sued) experience with it. I met the lawyer (who I swear was Matlock in every way - looked like him, acted like him, sounded like him) for the first time in a parking lot outside the law firm that was suing me for a deposition. After talking in the lot he said "You are not ready for a deposition, wait here". He went in, came out, and said "Go home, I'll call you and we will meet". After setting up about a half dozen appointments to meet with him, only to have him cancel every one the night before, he called me and said "They settled for $20K, there is no exposure to you, it's been a pleasure working with you." and that was that.