Ellen & Iggy

[East Coast Okie]

Absolutely!! Everyone knows that lawyers usually abuse their children and cheat on their spouses, too. It is common knowledge!

[PUGalicious]

Is that your experience?

[East Coast Okie]

Actually, no. I do almost all court appointed work because I represent kids. Most of the lawyers who do court appointed work take their reputation and ethics very seriously. I wish I had a nickle for every parent/client who assumed I would lie to win. They can get quite disgruntled when they are set straight. I suppose lawyers who are getting paid a zillion dollars could easily get caught up in winning, no matter the cost, if their bank account increases as a result. A good lawyer is not going to risk his/her reputation on lying to win and they don't live their personal lives that way, either. The saying around the courthouse is that a client will choose a lawyer who is most like himself. Judges know who is scummy and who isn't. A friend of mine puts it this way to her clients: "You are renting my reputation. I'll need it back, next week. No way am I going to let you damage it." We've all see scummy lawyers who blow coke with their clients or sleep with the client's instead of accepting fees. They are just icky. Icky is a legal term.

[Midtowner]

Originally Posted by East Coast Okie

Still a student, Midtowner? Where?

OCU Law, 3L.

[East Coast Okie]

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