BS: www.crooked lawyers.com

Subject: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: The Sandman
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 08:31 AM

some men will rob you with a shotgun and others with a fountain pen ,but I never saw an outlaw turn a poor man from his home.[pretty boy floyd]before you consult a lawyer, see if he is crooked.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:03 AM

Sounds like a subjective site to me. Why not just check with the local state bar association and see if there are any violations, etc. outstanding?

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Peace
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:09 AM

Last guy I spoke with in the bar didn't really like his lawyer. But then he didn't like his ex, his car or his sister either.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: GUEST,Ashamed
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:43 AM

Last time I used a lawyer I paid him $900. He trousered four hundred and passed five on to the police prosecutor. The case was thown out. (I was guilty.)

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:43 AM

Like every profession, there are good and bad lawyers. I happen to know a lot of good ones -- honest people who work hard for their clients, sometimes pro bono. Take Dave, for instance: a public defender who could be making a LOT more in private practice, he is decompressing after losing a high-profile murder trial (the girl was stabbed 27 times by two of her high school classmates). He put in, quite literally, hundreds of hours -- but it's kinda hard to defend when your client and his friend videotaped themselves planning the murder, videotaped the body and your client standing over it, and commented on it afterwards on the tape -- all on the same tape.

I could cite others, in and out of criminal practice. And I could cite those who traded services for sex, sold cocaine from their offices, slept through trials, and attempted to bribe juries and judges.

A lawyer seems "crooked" when a) the client is charged more than the client thinks proper and/or in spite of the best efforts of the lawyer the client loses (sometimes because the client doesn't tell their lawyer everything).

Check with the bar association.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: GUEST,Ashamed
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:45 AM

Having just read Rapaire's post, I should add that the guy I was talking about was struck off not long after my dealings with him.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Folkiedave
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:48 AM

There are a number of websites with a similar name - but living in Ireland Dick probably means this
one.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: bobad
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:56 AM

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true.

Gerald F. Lieberman

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: eddie1
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 09:59 AM

I fully agree with Rapaire that there are some good lawyers. The problem is that 99% of them give the rest a bad name!

Eddie

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: GUEST,strad
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 10:11 AM

Here lies John Bloggs, a lawyer and a gentleman.
Strange to find three men in one grave!

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 04:03 PM

I'm with you, Rapaire. There are indeed some good people who happen to be good lawyers, too.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Amos
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 04:07 PM

There are also some women who happen to be good lawyers. I have had the pleasure of knowing several.


A

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Rapparee
Date: 05 Oct 07 - 06:42 PM

I know several as well, Amos. In fact, I've been living with one for pretty close to 35 years now....

By the way, I know one of the people appointed a guardian ad litem for at least some of the dogs in the Michael Vick case. She's a pretty good lawyer, even if her dachshund is spoiled rotten.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Oct 07 - 03:56 PM

well, Rapaire,Iam glad you have had good experiences,here in IRELAND,The situation is in need of improvement. DickMiles

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Peace
Date: 06 Oct 07 - 04:13 PM

Truer words were never spoke. My Irish friend told me that if you want legal corruption, illegal corruption, new or old-fashioned corruption, County ####### is the place to go.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Oct 07 - 05:28 PM

Well now, me wife's people came from Dingle and Castlegregory. Her grandda and -ma, I mean. She's looking to dual citizenship, like her father beore her.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Peace
Date: 06 Oct 07 - 05:29 PM

If she goes to the County I mentioned, she'll be one of the few who ARE honest.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 07 Oct 07 - 01:08 PM

A former partner of mine practises in Ireland now. If I could trust him with my money, I am sure you could with yours.

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 08 Oct 07 - 09:47 AM

Sure, there are crooked lawyers, but a lawyer is an officer of the court and can get in trouble if caught.

Insurance people, however, can and do lie and cheat with no fear of repercussion. How come there isn't the same popular sentiment against insurance company employees? Is it because 'insurance adjuster' is too hard to say?

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Oct 07 - 10:06 AM

Question: Why does New Jersey have all the toxic waste dumps and Washington, D.C. all the lawyers???



























Answer: New Jersey won the coin flip and got to pick 1st... BaDoom...

Awww, nevermind them lawyer jokes...

I've had lots of dealings with lawyers over the years and most are fine people but if you need one it doesn't hurt to ask around for recommendations... And another thing, lawyers ain't one size fits all so you have to find the right one for your particular need... I've got one who does estates, wilkls and complicated probate stuff that prolly couldn't defend himself for jay-walking... And then I know another guy who is foul mouthed and screams and rants with other folks attorneys and finds ways of getting things "settled" without having to go to court... Like I said, ask around...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Mickey191
Date: 08 Oct 07 - 10:47 AM

My last lawyer experience: I was chosen as executive of a dear friend's will. I was in the lawyer's office when the will was drawn. The value of the estate was approximately $500,000. In my state that job pays 2% of that sum. When my friend died - my name was mysteriously missing & guess whose name was substituted? AWE COME ON--YOU KNOW. Bastard!!

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Barry Finn
Date: 08 Oct 07 - 11:20 AM

What's the difference between a hooker & a lawyer?
The hooker will stop fucking the client once he's dead!

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Oct 07 - 03:12 AM

I still regret that I didn't buy flowers from my divorce lawyer when the divorce was finished, back in 1993. My lawyer was just terrific - even my ex-wife liked and trusted her her more than her own lawyer. My lawyer said her first interest was the welfare of the children, and she didn't want to represent anybody who wanted to take his or her former spouse "to the cleaners."

My lawyer's hourly rate wasn't cheap, but she didn't bill me for all the time she spent. She said her secretary got after her for not billing all the hours she was entitled to.

I think if you want to be honest and honorable in a court proceeding, you can find an honest lawyer quite easily. If you want to be a cheapskate or if you want to take advantage of somebody else, you may find a hard time finding an honest lawyer to represent you. My ex-wife was (and is) a cheapskate, and she ended up relying on my lawyer to get the job done.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 09 Oct 07 - 09:59 PM

Agree with Joe's posting above.

In my lifetime, multiple meetings, with probably a dozen lawyers....ALL postive (expensive sometimes) BUT.... always to my better settlement....and fair to all parties envolved.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 10 Oct 07 - 08:53 PM

Ah, but you two California boys are Boy Scouts! Good boys inspire others in a similar manner!

Subject: RE: BS: www.crooked lawyers.com
From: The Sandman
Date: 18 Oct 07 - 02:55 PM

A Dublin Law practice has closed after the High Court heard yesterday that a Solicitor has drawn down bank loans of 26.3 millions since January,used his clients accounts for personal dealings,seeIrish Times.Dick Miles