Need an attorney??

[TCPluto]

I've noticed something both on the boards and IRL. People want to avoid using an attorney. I'm just curious as to why?

Probably has to do with the unethical and dishonest behavior most attorneys are known for.

 

[Disney Doll]

Well, for some folks, cost is probably a factor. As someone pointed out...we have health insurance to pay health care bills but no attorney insurance to pay attorney fees.

From a personal perspective, as a nurse I can tell you that most (not all, but most) of the attorneys I encounter as patients immediately put you "on notice" that they are an attorney. I mean, to the point of "Hello nurse. My name is John Smith and I am an attorney". of course, my repsonse to that is "Hi, my name is Susie Jones and I am a nurse". And I give them a little wink. That, of course, leads to the inevitable response "I know you're a nurse" to which I reply "well, you told me what you do for a living, so I figured I'd do the same".

I also don't particularly care for the attorneys who advertise on TV "If your loved one develeoped a bedsore (or any other malady) while in a hospital or nursing home, they may be entitled to a large cash settlement".

Unfortunately, the bad ones give the good ones a bad name. But I guess that's true with every profession. There are folks, right here on the DIS, who think most nurses are second only to Satan with their cruelty.

 

[DisneyTarheel]

Probably has to do with the unethical and dishonest behavior most attorneys are known for.

Overgeneralize much?

 

[TCPluto]

Overgeneralize much?

No, thanks for asking.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Probably has to do with the unethical and dishonest behavior most attorneys are known for.

Are you serious??!??!!

I have worked for and worked with many, many attorneys, and even though I did not like them all, they were always out for the good of their clients and the good of the legal system. Yes there are some bad apples, but luckily those bad apples get reported and dealt with.

People get this idea about attorneys because its usually not a good thing when you need one.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Little grammar points don't matter to people, until they end up in court.

Law students are about the only segment of the population getting any sort of rigorous writing training. They're not just trying to pad their bill, they're doing their job.

Not true. Journalism (and some Public Relation) students go through crazy writing training. I always loved seeing that I could have received an A on my article if it wasn't for some darn fact error (and a fact error could be many things, including wording something incorrectly, not being clear in a statement, etc.). In those cases, fact errors meant losing 50 points on a 100 point assisgnment. One learned quickly to be extra vigilant.

Piping in late here, I haven't made it through the whole thread yet. *My* reasons for trying to get around using an attorney is plain and simple the money situation. For example, most of you know my adoption situation. I fought w/ an attorney the first month until quite frankly, I ran out of money. Now I'm fighting myself through the politicians, etc and I know I NEED an attorney, but I just can't afford the hourly rate. If I hadn't had the travel money for China I wouldn't have been able to afford that month I did have help. I think a lot of people are in the same boat, it's financially impossible.

Just my .02. Going back to reading...

There could be an attorney out there who would take your case pro bono, perhaps one who has gone through his or her own international adoption.

 

[allie&mattsmom]

Probably has to do with the unethical and dishonest behavior most attorneys are known for.

Give me a break

 

[Nala56]

Probably has to do with the unethical and dishonest behavior most attorneys are known for.

I hope you or someone you love is never a victim of some type of crime. My "attorney" husband works as an Asst. D.A. to make sure criminals are put in jail and to make sure victims receive justice after a crime has been committed against them. Since you consider attorneys to be unethical and dishonest, perhaps the ethical thing to do if something would happen to you is for d.a.'s to turn the other cheek.

 

[TCPluto]

Are you serious??!??!!

Completely.

 

[TCPluto]

Give me a break

Just to set the record straight, I am not the author of all of the jokes about the dishonest and disgusting behavior by attorneys, and yes that's a general statement. Not everyone fits in that group.

 

[nuttylawprofessor]

Not true. Journalism (and some Public Relation) students go through crazy writing training. I always loved seeing that I could have received an A on my article if it wasn't for some darn fact error (and a fact error could be many things, including wording something incorrectly, not being clear in a statement, etc.). In those cases, fact errors meant losing 50 points on a 100 point assisgnment. One learned quickly to be extra vigilant.

Interesting. My experience has been that the English, Journalism, and Communication majors have been among the poorest writers, and the least educable students, because they "already know how to write." I'm sure there are some good programs that teach composition skills, but those are few and far between.

 

[TCPluto]

I hope you or someone you love is never a victim of some type of crime. My "attorney" husband works as an Asst. D.A. to make sure criminals are put in jail and to make sure victims receive justice after a crime has been committed against them. Since you consider attorneys to be unethical and dishonest, perhaps the ethical thing to do if something would happen to you is for d.a.'s to turn the other cheek.

You might be surprised to know how intimately involved I have been to come to such a conclusion.

Wow, to have an atorney who happens to be a prosecutor refuse to pursue criminal charges because they don't like an unrelated opinion of a victim.... I think that speaks volumes to ethics right there. Might want to rethink that position, it's not flattering. What you are saying is never mind the law, we don't "like" the victim. Theres real justice for you.

 

[Nala56]

You might be surprised to know how intimately involved I have been to come to such a conclusion.

Wow, to have an atorney who happens to be a prosecutor refuse to pursue criminal charges because they don't like an unrelated opinion of a victim.... I think that speaks volumes to ethics right there. Might want to rethink that position, it's not flattering. What you are saying is never mind the law, we don't "like" the victim. Theres real justice for you.

You are right, of course any prosecutor would try criminal regardless of how he feels about victim. I just get tired of all attorneys get a bad rap because of some bad ones.