New client? Do some due diligence 

Posted: 11:42 am Fri, January 20, 2012
By Edward Poll

Under Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16, a lawyer may withdraw from representing a client if “the representation will result in an unreasonable financial burden on the lawyer or has been rendered unreasonably difficult by the client.” However, withdrawing from a representation already begun is extremely difficult, as much of the rest of Rule 1.16 attests.