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| Authored by: IANALitj on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 11:34 PM EDT |
I know that it is funny to ridicule lawyers, and I do so myself. However, most
of the lawyers I dealt with when I was practicing in New York City seemed to be
quite honest.
Lawyers are not the only professionals who have a reputation problem. A few
dishonest or frail clergy are the ones who attract the headlines. Occasionally,
scientists falsify their data and are caught. There have been a rash of
headlines recently about coaches. Etc.
It is my impression that the majority of lawyers -- I would say the overwhelming
majority -- are scrupulously honest, and that a minority are spectacularly
dishonest.
It must be very hard to be a half-honest lawyer. A butcher might put a thumb on
the scale only half the time, but a lawyer tends to re-use his or her work
product. It would be very hard for a lawyer to keep track of the honest and
dishonest files, when going back to mine them for nuggets to re-use. For one
who is not a sole practitioner, it would be still harder to prevent inadvertent
use of dishonest materials by an associate or partner in the firm. An honest
lawyer would only want to have other honest lawyers on his or her team.
The Tutt books are wonderful; I think I have them all. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Garrow's Law - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22 2012 @ 04:45 AM EDT
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