A lawyer, according to Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law.”[1] …... Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific ind[...]
Posts Tagged ‘lawyers’
December 18th, 2013 - 1:55 pm § in Misc.
The Art Of Getting Disbarred For Perjury
Disbarment is somewhat like suicide. If you’re a neurotic lawyer hell-bent on self-destruction, there are a couple of easy ways to get yourself thrown out of the bar, and a whole bunch of messy ways that aren’t guaranteed to get the job done. I won’t go into the details of how to m[...]
Lawyers as Thugs: One Man’s Approach
If you’re willing to look a monster in the eyes, you just might find that he has no teeth. There are all kinds of lawyers …. civil right attorneys, lawyers hired by corporations to limit rights of employees, corporate lawyers who protect corporate rights at the expense of others who can not [...]
January 8th, 2013 - 2:49 pm § in Misc.
Academic Arrogance: of profs and lawyers
The philosopher Foucault pointed out that knowledge and power are so intimately related that we cannot really think about them separately. Sadly, Foucault missed the point shown by the career of Herman Knowsitall. Often. especially in business. peope in power .. the bosses .. insist that they know[...]
January 5th, 2013 - 12:08 pm § in Misc.
Why is my daffy attorney a duck?
Maybe she should be a pig! Seems to me that lawyers have done a very good job of setting things up so they have special privileges the rest of us do not have. Like Orwellian pigs, lawyers seem to have conveniently discovers that society is improved for everyone if lawyers have certain, shall w[...]
January 4th, 2013 - 11:07 am § in Hypocrisy
STUPID THINGS LAWYERS SAY
Lawyer: Did you blow your horn or anything? Witness: After the accident? Lawyer: Before the accident. Witness: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it. [...]
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:15 am § in Misc.
Washington State: Laws for sale!
Legislation by the wealthy Last July, my friend Darryl wrote an important essay at HorsesAss. I waited till now to cross post it because I feel this issue ois one we all need to think about as the UW comnes back into full gear. If I may be a bit absurd, I wonder if we […][...]
When Lawyers Act As Bullies
From A Response to an Essay On Lawyers Acting As Bullies: Let’s look at the real targets of bully lawyers — not other lawyers or even staff — it’s those they oppose. The law provides a venue for someone with bullying tendencies, which we all have, to attack and harm in ways[...]