tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post5256097110196289176..comments2024-03-11T01:56:27.279-07:00Comments on The Chubby Chatterbox: Kill All the Lawyers!stephen Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-49113971120050355592011-09-26T10:30:27.143-07:002011-09-26T10:30:27.143-07:00Briane P, thanks for the great advice. I'll be...Briane P, thanks for the great advice. I'll be sure to take your thoughts into consideration while looking for a lawyer.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-45933522054698982522011-09-26T10:19:21.813-07:002011-09-26T10:19:21.813-07:00Well, I should take this personally! But I don'...Well, I should take this personally! But I don't. I'm a lawyer, and a good one (albeit an expensive one) but I am no fan of lawyers, at all. I find that many lawyers make things far more difficult than they have to be, and many more misunderstand how things REALLY work, making it more expensive than things have to be.<br /><br />What you need to look for in a lawyer is recommendations from other lawyers; never find a lawyer through a referral service or online. Ask someone you know if they know a lawyer and what they think of that person; then ask that lawyer for some information about his or her practice and/or who she/he might recommend for your area of law. Call a few lawyers -- if all of them point you in the same direction, that's probably right.<br /><br />Also: never ask a lawyer whether he or she wins his or her cases. That says nothing about the lawyer; when I see that a lawyer has 'never lost a case' I think to myself "How nice, that you are only choosing those unchallenging cases that are guaranteed to win." (Or: "He's lying.") Lawyers worth their money take on cases that are difficult, and difficult cases may not always be won.<br /><br />More importantly, "winning" isn't always "winning." You want a lawyer that gets you closer to your goal, not one who will "win" at trial.<br /><br />Anyway, I ramble. Nice post.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-76155686752037187022011-09-25T18:15:27.259-07:002011-09-25T18:15:27.259-07:00I am currently in law school, so I guess I hope th...I am currently in law school, so I guess I hope that I am somewhat of a good one, but that is probably a falsely optimistic sentiment. At least I don't say literally that often, literally.L. Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628071448677324481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-15675851108312825052011-09-25T14:54:12.943-07:002011-09-25T14:54:12.943-07:00I was around lawyers my entire career. Many were ...I was around lawyers my entire career. Many were good and some needed to go back under the rock from which they crawled out from under. A necessary evil, but the one's running the country need to be dealt with post haste.<br /><br />I love Perry Mason too.<br /><br />Have a terrific day. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.com