Posted on 12/14/2001 12:13:47 PM PST by Jim Robinson
To Brian L. Buckley, Winston & Strawn and to whomever else it may concern:I, James C. Robinson, also known on this board and elsewhere as Jim Robinson or JimRob, hereby extend and offer my sincerest apology to our attorney, Brian L. Buckley, also known to this board as Clarity, for any and all statements that I may have made to any employee of the law firm of Winston & Strawn and or to anyone else that may have been construed or seen as defamatory, slanderous or libelous. It was never my intent to defame, slander, libel, belittle, damage or otherwise harm Brian in any way. Specifically, I retract anything I may have said that inferred that I did not authorize Brian to bring suit against Aldridge (aka, eschoir) or that he kept me in the dark regarding the W&S billings. It is obvious to all involved that I did authorize such suit and was personally involved throughout its course.
If is unfortunate that we became involved in a dispute over the Winston & Strawn bill and I would do anything if I could roll that back, but, obviously, that is impossible. I feel that my decision to go forward with the Aldridge lawsuit was a mistake, but I made the final decision myself and I am the one that must accept the consequences. Brian is not at fault for the decision nor is he at fault in my dispute with Winston & Strawn regarding the billing. The final bill was several times the amount I was expecting the suit to cost and so I argued forcefully that it should be reduced, but W&S refused to budge. In the end, I agreed to pay the full amount on a monthly payment plan. Hopefully, this dispute is now fully and completely resolved to the mutual satisfaction of all parties involved.
I am and will always remain extremely grateful for all of Brian's efforts expended on my behalf and on the behalf of Free Republic and our causes. Brian sacrificed three years of his life and many thousands of dollars of his own money and thousands of hours of his time for Free Republic. I loved Brian then for his efforts, and despite our current difficulties, I still do.
Brian, if you can, please accept my sincere apologies. I humbly apologize to you for any grief I may have caused. I wish you nothing but the very best.
Regards,
Jim Robinson
Speak for yourself.
Now if I could just figure out how to keep my breaking news from being pulled....
I don't know who, if anybody, is at fault but I'd personally like to see Clarity return if you do.
Lawyers.
As the old saying goes, "Talk is cheap........until you talk to a lawyer."
And he can't bill you for it. LOL
Of course, the AFholes will somehow twist this into a grotesque caricature, and somehow wring something out of it to impugn Jim Robinson.
People make mistakes. Only big people make apologies.
(just kidding)
I'll bet a lot of people who have ever had anything to do with an attorney can relate to this.
dontinkzo
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