Posted on 08/18/2022 8:02:34 AM PDT by packagingguy
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Trump did negotiate fees, but declined to pay exorbitant ones that he deemed, well, exorbitant. The pot-lickers do have a way of running bills up, and I mean really up. I wish it wasn’t virtually impossible to dispute lawyers’ fees.
LOL what “Lawyers Association?”
Are you referring to the ABA? The ABA doesn’t have any enforcement authority at all and the VAST majority of lawyers are not members.
I really would like you to explain where this mythical “demonic” “lawyers association” is.
Bingo.
Before the cartridge box, most should consider the shoe box. Voting with your feet has been a winning option since distant human ancestors voted out of Africa, and popular ever since.
The USA we grew up in doesn't exist anymore. But thankfully, it's a big, competitive world out there. One of life's lessons is go where you are wanted. There are many options, some of them even end-stage communist.
“On Truth Social Trump said that this is not the case”.
Thank you!
What about the powerful Lawfare(sp?)? They seem to have a lot of power and are married to a lot of DOJ honchos. I might be wrong but I remember during the Russian hoax all those DOJ connections.
He's also known to try to bargain down his bills from contractors, including lawyers, because he thinks that's just how it should be done. Most lawyers don't mind negotiating on bills if they think a charge is excessive, because they like to keep the client happy. But if they feel that the work billed was fair, and the client still wants to try to push for a bargain, they're not going to want to deal with that.
The other thing to go along with billing is that Trump's very nature is going to generate a lot of legal work because he is somewhat...impulsive. Just in casual conversations with other conservative lawyers, we've kind of all laughed at the prospect of how horrible a client he would be.
“Lawfare” isn’t a specific group. “Lawfare” is a tactic. “Lawfare” is the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter individual’s usage of their legal rights.
Anyone, or any group can engage in “lawfare.”
Wow! You’re good!👏🏻 You must be a lawyer? 😊
“we’ve kind of all laughed at the prospect of how horrible a client he would be. “
Do you suppose Trump’s problem finding lawyers, assuming he is having that problem, is because of fee negotiation before a lawyer takes the job?
I’d say Trump has a lot of power now that results from his ability to sway voters toward his preferred candidates. Wouldn’t that cause people to want to work for him?
Isn’t that sorta like when they say that “Doctors make for the worst patients”?
STOP it! Don't accuse President Trump of being a lawyer!
This is a coup in the process--drip, drip, drip.
The raid was the Deep State's way of letting Americans know that they are in charge.
Now, given that the rule of law has been destroyed and that future Presidential candidates must basically meet Deep State approval, what lawyer in his right mind is going to represent Trump?
No, but I’m sure he’s fairly familiar with how the legal world works.
No. In terms of fees, the problem isn't what is agreed to up front. The problem is whether he's actually going to pay the bills when they come it, or dispute them and argue that they should be substantially less.
That's just the money end, which I honestly don't think is the biggest problem. The biggest problem is just going to be how he does things, and the law firm being worried about being put in compromising situations. He's a very forceful personality, and is undoubtedly going to try to push his lawyers into doing things against their better judgment. If they aren't sufficiently compliant, he'll probably fire them. And if they do what he wants, they could be exposing themselves and their firm to liability/discipline. I mean, he's kind of left a trail of legal bodies in his wake.
I do also think there is a public pressure component to this, with some firms not wanting to offend other clients, and opposition by other lawyers within the firm. That likely knocks out a lot of them. But I still think he could find good representation anyway if not for the issues of fees, and him just being very difficult.
I’d say Trump has a lot of power now that results from his ability to sway voters toward his preferred candidates. Wouldn’t that cause people to want to work for him?
Why would it? In a sense, that's part of the problem for his lawyers. He's a guy who thinks he can convince anyone of anything by force of personality, and that kind of guy is unlikely to listen to a lawyer telling him that he can't do something.
I don’t believe any of this non-sense that President Trump can’t get a lawyer. But that’s just me.
A travesty.
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