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I have never, ever, heard of a law firm turning down a new client. Now, WSGR can decline to defer expenses at their discretion, but surely anyone can engage WSGR to do the basic incorporation work for a reasonable fee.

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I was referring to engagement beyond basic incorporation but investor agreements, series A docs, etc.

We were turned down (in 2000) by WSGR. We went with Orrick instead.

Just for clarification as the above commenter brought up, were you turned down even with the offer to pay, or were you not given the option to defer expenses (did they offer the option in exchange for part of the company)?

Even with offer to pay. At that time, there were too many startups and not enough partners/lawyers to take them all on. Maybe it was the sign of the times and things have changed.

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