[abb]

Is this man suggesting that he deserves sympathy?

[Beowulf9]

Cool!

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Neuter or fix all attorneys so they cannot reproduce

[ClearCase_guy]

Pretty much everything is imploding.

[gorush]

The FDA has prohibited sales of Viagra to Attorneys...apparently it just makes them taller.

[ProudFossil]

We can only wish. Hopefully, maybe, possibly, please, even pretty please, etc., etc.

[dfwgator]

One thing I figured, is that a lot of the grunt work that used to be done by new associates is now being offshored on the cheap to India...therefore, firms don’t have to hire newly graduated law students anymore.

[Amendment10]

The legal system has arguably been imploding since Constitution-ignoring socialist FDR nuked the Supreme Court with activist justices in the late 30s and early 40s.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Noteworthy that I have heard of at least one law school is slashing its tuition because of a shortage of fresh meat.

At the time a lawyer commented to the story that at least a law degree still has a slightly higher credibility than does an MBA, a used car salesman, or a politician, though it is still slightly lower than a pawn shop owner or discount liposuctionist.

[randog]

For some reason that scene in Saving Private Ryan came to mind, the one where the German bunker is lit up by a flame thrower. Germans are jumping out the front, on fire, and a young American soldier yells, “Let ‘em burn!”

[fatnotlazy]

When I started as a legal secretary in 1973, I was told that the legal profession was recession-proof. Well, not anymore. A lot of firms expanded, hired a ton of lawyers and generally spent money like there was no tomorrow. That all changed when their biggest clients, corporations, began to fail. The money dried up. Today, a number of prestigious firms have downsized. Those with multiple offices have closed the less profitable branches. A number of firms I knew back in the 1970s are no more.

Many of these firms have also reduced support staff. The concept of a legal secretary is vanishing. Once laptops and all the mobile devices came out, law firms decided they didn't need too many secretaries. The younger, computer-savvy lawyers could do much of the work themselves.

And like every other business, once Obamacare really takes hold, there will be fewer and fewer jobs at all levels. What jobs remain may actually become part time.

This is not a good time for any business and that includes law firms.

[Patton@Bastogne]

.



Let's see ...


1) U.S. Lawyers (by the millions) supported the usurper kenyan for president ...


2) Secretly applaud the heinous murders performed by "doctor" gosnell in philadelphia ...


3) do satans's diligent work by defending drug dealers, poronography producers and child-sex-slave masters and pimps in court


4) move mountains to undermine Christianity while sucking at militant islam's (house of saudi well-funded) political breasts


5) have worked for decades trying to DESTROY American industry via frivolous lawsuits and bogus environmental claims

6) will line-up by the DOZENS to defend "pro-bono" the islamic terrorist from the Boston Marathon massacre



.. and I'm supposed to "feel sorry" for these well-educated accessories to child-infantcide, political corruption and islamic terrorism ?

Like hell, I will ...



.

[Cyber Liberty]

Cool. What do I have to do to help push it over the edge?

[jeffc]

People are finally starting to wake up to all the sickening lawsuits perpetrated by lawyers, especially the class-action ones, wherein the lawyers walk away with millions while those actually hurt by what caused the suit get discount coupons or some other such nonsense.

I remember the (I assume) liberal girl Public Defender (Mary Kay Place?) in The Big Chill when she lamented on how she got her legal degree to help the poor and downtrodden with their legal problems, but she always ended up representing scumbags who actually deserved to be in prison. The world just didn't fit her pre-dispositioned beliefs and she just didn't understand why. Such is the liberal mindset.

[DownInFlames]

The City of Boston will be a gold mine for the upcoming civil rights class action law suit coming their way.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Two trends in place - the trend of automation and outsourcing where work that used to be done by junior lawyers is now done by machines or grunt workers.

A race to the bottom. I suspect the mesothelioma and vaginal mesh lawyers are doing just fine, thank you. Someone who actually wants to provide a service to society - not so much.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Yes it is true Plaintiff Tort lawyers have through lobbying, donations and holding office ruined the Tort system. The first mortal blow was Comparative Fault which turned everything into a question of fact. A question of fact must be resolved by a jury. Use of a jury increases the risk to the defense. In addition, lawyers successful before a jury are largely actors which has nothing to do with the merits of the individual suit.

The above being said one must always remember the role of the Judiciary in reaching todays tragedy. Rose Bird of California comes to mind, who by judicial fiat she and a few of her cohorts on the California Supreme court destroyed the form of California Tort law and imposed a formless mess.

[Alberta's Child]

I’ve had some recent experience with the legal “profession,” and I’m shocked at how marginal and mediocre these people are. I’m talking about legal documents with misspelled words and poor English, failure to appear at court hearings on behalf of a client, etc.

[Chode]

jobs slinging coffee will always be here...

[VRW Conspirator]

Today, the business of law focuses law school deans and practitioners in big law firms on something else: maximizing immediate profits for their institutions.

Well, I see the accountants are really in charge of this industry. Welcome brother, to the new company.