Lawyers. What do you think about them? - by Secretary
Secretary on 4/11/2006 at 20:01
Most popular opinions on this subject begin with:
a) cynical and haughty assholes greedy for money...,
b) highly qualified professionals ready to help you for a price.
An image of Keanu Reeves in 'Devil's Advocate', or Richard Gere in 'Pretty Woman', or maybe George Clooney in 'Intolerable Cruelty' comes incidentally.
I've never seen or met any real English or American lawyers. I mean i read about some of them, but i suppose these are outstanding specimen.
I wonder who are people that form the majority of this community.
Therefore, if you ever encountered a lawyer in your life please tell how do they look like and what was your general impression after this encounter?
OnionBob on 4/11/2006 at 20:03
i would like opinions on haberdashers
Turtle on 4/11/2006 at 20:04
That's not funny.
My grandfather died at Auschwitz.
Spitter on 4/11/2006 at 20:08
I'm more concerned about airline food.
Gorgonseye on 4/11/2006 at 20:08
Well, during my knife incident, we ended up hiring a lawyer for our hearing, he charged us 2,250 dollars, and in the end he only said five sentences. I realize he said it with less emotion then my family would have used which is good, but I felt he was a waste of money for the incident, they can be useful, but you can't really form an opinion by having just one, and it also really depends on the case, but I generally think of them as "Highly qualified professionaly willing to help you for a price."
OnionBob on 4/11/2006 at 20:10
Quote Posted by Gorgonseye
Well, during my knife incident, we ended up hiring a lawyer for our hearing, he charged us 2,250 dollars, and in the end he only said five sentences. I realize he said it with less emotion then my family would have used which is good, but I felt he was a waste of money for the incident, they can be useful, but you can't really form an opinion by having just one, and it also really depends on the case, but I generally think of them as "Highly qualified professionaly willing to help you for a price."
OH MY GOD HE'S GOT A KNIFE
pavlovscat on 4/11/2006 at 20:13
In my materialistic stage, I dated a few lawyers. They were all assholes, but assholes with money.
Think Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry.
Jakeyboy on 4/11/2006 at 20:15
Tough one. Having never needed one I can't comment on what kind of people they are. Obviously they aren't going to be very liked, as their job entails a lot of snooping and being sneaky etc etc.
Compensation culture however, that gets on my nerves, so those kinds of lawyers are assholes.
I heard about one who insured a box of cigars for a lot of money. He then went to the insurance company to claim compensation, as the cigars has been destroyed in several small fires. So he got his payout, and then came the counter claim from the insurance company, arson. He got a jail sentence. That about the best story I've heard about lawyers.
Low Moral Fiber on 4/11/2006 at 20:17
The Secretary was a pretty fucked up flick, but hey i popped wood
Secretary on 4/11/2006 at 20:20
Quote Posted by Turtle
That's not funny.
My grandfather died at Auschwitz.
I don't understand you.
Thank you for your case, Gorgonseye. I can always consult social analysis on this topic, but they are very dull and uninformative, so i decided to ask real people about real situations.
Are there any lawyers here?
