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Yeah, there's nothing like making cliches come to life before your very eyes, is there? ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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he was exactly right, it seems fewer and fewer people remember there was a time when it was unethical for a lawyer to advertise. All changed in 1972 when a lawyer sued the American Bar association and won over 'freedom of speech'. That's when doctors were allowed to advertise too. My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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Thst’s not true at all. It is likely true that some of it goes on, of course, but to claim all do is absurd. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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The best billboard advertisement said “The attorney you want isn’t on tv” | |||
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Which returns to the idea that, for non-attorneys, "You don't even know what it is you don't know." Do you want to be one of the people that the insurance company "saves as much money as possible" on ? When you hire an attorney, you are not "screwing the insurance company". You are hiring someone who knows, to deal with the insurance company's 'someone who knows'. You just provide as much FACTUAL info as possible, and the pros work out a "deal" that, by definition, must be "fair" because it is two experienced professionals deciding....not you and not the insurance company. "Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me." | |||
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By far the worst thing ever to happen to the practice of law. Worst one I have seen recently was in SC, Hawk Law firm, some guy dancing because Hawk "gots him" 3 million for his wife's accident, no wife in the picture. The Fuck is celebrating the fact that his wife is either dead or permanently injured! | |||
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Many of the ads are distasteful. I do think the 1st amendment prohibits banning them. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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My better half's father was a lawyer and he said that allowing lawyers to advertise would lead to the ruin of the practice of law. He said that 35+ years ago, I think he was right. Chris | |||
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Would be an interesting issue, since it could be done through the state bar associations, which "restrict" lawyers from a lot of things.(I could lose my bar card for calling a judge a mother fucker...) Plus, you have the tobacco ad ban that could be a precedent. | |||
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Sorry, I did not make my irrepressible cynicism, born of exerience, on this sufficently obvious. Full disclosure: I have worked both sides of the street, handling claims for title insurers and claims against title insurers. Resolving a claim can be an exceedingly complicated issue, not only in title matters but probably even more so in medical terms of injuries. Even in auto repair there can be significant variances in what an adequate compensation can be. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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I was in a head-on collision a couple years ago and ended up in the hospital, it made the local news and paper. Other guy was at fault. I got no fewer than 75 pieces of mail from law firms "at no cost to you". It went on for weeks. | |||
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I agree, but isn't the bar association a state actor? Many operate under the authority of the Supreme Court, so you have to tread lightly with the regulation. Advertising isn't banned in Texas, but you do have to get pre-approval for any ad. They aren't reveiewing for good taste and moderation, though. They want to make sure that you don't imply board certification or any of a few other somewhat technical no-nos. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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My buddy is a very good criminal defense attorney in town. He takes the real dirty cases no one else will touch. His team doesn’t celebrate “NG”. Their victories are measured by reduced sentences. He was asked for a business card one night, which he does not carry. I asked him why he doesn’t carry cards. He said, “PD, the guys who need me know how to reach me.” | |||
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Before I went to law school, I worked as a paralegal for a grocery chain. People looked at a slip and fall in the store as the equivalent of winning the lottery. They would take a tumble, go home and call our headquarters and ask when they could come pick up a check. Incredibly, they would usually get a "nuisance" settlement because it was cheaper to give them a couple of hundred than have to defend a lawsuit. But these folks were pikers compared to the pros. They had "witnesses", doctors, physical therapists, law firms, etc. all lined up. They had the slip and fall scam down to a science; moreover, they were patient. They really knew how to work the system and got the biggest paydays. _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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Watching TV late at night you can find a lawyer for anything you can think of. Hit by a meteor, call so and so. My advice if you need a lawyer: Better Call Saul. Living the Dream | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
“An amateur practices until he gets it right. A professional practices until he can’t get it wrong.” Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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"Many?" Maybe you get different adverts in Texas than we do here in Michigan. I'd say close to all of them, if not all, come across as nothing more than modern ambulance-chasing. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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