[Phaedrus]

I've been a lawyer now for 25 years. Most of the time in family law ... Not a bad way to make a living.

"Family law" is not about families, it's about divorce and the destruction of families. Lawyers are parasites on the process and make it far lengthier, more expensive and more painful, especially if significant assets are involved. "Not a bad way to make a living" indicates that you are clueless, if not heartless.

[KevinB]

"Not a bad way to make a living" indicates that you are clueless, if not heartless.

Better for one to remain quiet and have people assume that he's an idiot than to open his mouth and remove all doubt.

[Mercat]

'"Family law" is not about families, it's about divorce and the destruction of families. Lawyers are parasites on the process and make it far lengthier, more expensive and more painful, especially if significant assets are involved. "Not a bad way to make a living" indicates that you are clueless, if not heartless.'

Gosh, don't hold back on how you feel. I guess emergency room doctors are at fault for the gun shot wounds which show up and that ontologists are to blame for cancer.

Every case, I try to talk the client into reconciling and sometimes I succeed. Most of my clients are the ones who want to stay in the marriage and its my job to get them through the process with as little damage to themselves and the kids as possible.

A lot of my cases are post divorce... parents who have not had meaningful access to their kids for years.

Should I just walk away from all those cases? Will you then support my family of six?

Mary Ellen