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Finding a good lawyer can be a nightmare and you're probably reading this article because you're desperate. Although I'm making no recommendations I just wanted you to know that these people are not the gods that they try to make out they are. Very often they are small minded people who have an over inflated idea of their own importance. Take heart, when history comes to be written they won't have made any sort of impression and even their friends will be few in number and fickle in nature.

Because you need to be fluent and on top of the situation when you have your meetings with your lawyer, I've found a couple of stories that will for you. They graphically explain that many lawyers don't lead the exemplary life that they try to tell us they do. When I grow old I'd love to be able to get away with things like the lady in the first story!

There was an elderly grandmother called to the stand as a witness in a small town trial. The prosecuting attorney stood up and looked down on her with great disdain. 'Mrs Smith, do you know me?' he boomed. 'Yes, of course I know you, Mr Cooper. I've know you since you were a small boy and what a great disappointment you are to me. I've seen how you conduct yourself and your life. The way you lie to people and try to manipulate them and the disgusting way you treat your wife. You need to come down a peg or two and realise that all you are is a paper-pusher.' There was a stunned silence in the court and the lawyer, for once, was stuck for an answer and so the defense lawyer asked the same question. 'Mrs Smith, do you know me?' 'Yes, I certainly do, Mr Markfield. Why, I've known you since you were a baby and I'm equally disappointed in you. I've seen how lazy you are; I've seen the problems you have over drinking too much and I've heard from many people what a dreadful bigot you are. It's a very poor sort of law firm that you run.' Again, there was silence and the judge called both the two lawyers to him. 'If either of you ask if she knows me, you'll be in contempt of court and I'll make sure you suffer' he said with real passion!

Becoming a lawyer used to be something to be boasted of by proud parents but more and more of the time it's becoming a profession that causes such disdain that sometimes it's best to keep quiet.

Here we have a young lawyer who spent his vacation each year at the same inn in the country. He became very friendly with the daughter of the house and was shattered to be greeted one year by the girl nursing a baby. 'Why didn't you let me know that you were pregnant. I'd have taken care of you. We'd be married now and you'd be living with me in the city and the baby would have my name.' The girl smiled. 'Yes, we thought about letting you know but then we came to the conclusion that it was better to live with a ******* in the family than a lawyer.

Have confidence and walk tall as you enter the lawyer's office. Give him respect when he's earned it and make sure that you know exactly what he's earning financially.

Copyright: Edward Lancaster is the editor of "Lawyers File"

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