[Spktyr]

Texas lawyers seem to be a much better breed in general than their counterparts elsewhere. If memory serves, a couple of the men on the wall at the Alamo were lawyers, and Sam Houston himself was a lawyer at one point.

We still have slimy lawyers, but Texas lawyers as a whole at least don't take themselves too seriously. One of the local ambulance chaser firms here in Dallas has a giant fiberglass shark displayed over their building on I-75.

It should also be noted that our judges are *elected* by the people and serve defined terms.

[jeffers]

Big teeth and a sidewise grin?

[dfwgator]

Texas lawyers seem to be a much better breed in general than their counterparts elsewhere.

And then there's Jim Adler. True story, recently we were involved in a slight car accident. When my little daughter found out, she got so excited because she thought Jim Adler was going to get us a lot of money.

[publana]

>>It should also be noted that our judges are *elected* by the people and serve defined terms.<<

I'm not so crazy about electing judges. They tend to favor the lawyers that donated to their campaigns.

[Colorado Doug]

Sam Houston himself was a lawyer at one point.

He was a great man and I think that we can all overlook his faults.