Talk about weapons of mass destruction - I could almost begin to pity the Taliban.
I used to defend the legal profession but the more I knew the less I liked about the attorneys I was meeting. I have been on all sides of this issue, preferring defense to plaintiff but plaintiffs have rights too and they lose out all the time. The problem with personal injury attorneys is that signing people up is more important than working on their cases. I did all the work which was fine but at some point, the pleadings need to be signed by the attorney. He let all the finished pleadings back up and to cover him, I'd end up calling the Judge and cancelling all kinds of hearings. Now THAT was embarrassing. Just remember that if your staff takes the time to prepare documents and there's a deadline approaching, the staff's urgency should not be ignored. They are trying to keep you out of deep doo doo.
What is lacking so many times in the legal profession is mutual respect. Many attorneys do not respect their employees or the clients. They don't respect opposing counsel or the opposing party. I've heard it all, I've seen it all and I can honestly say there are only two attorneys in the entire State of Florida plus the attorneys who worked for Dubya in 2000 whom I would ever recommend. The rest deserve all the lawyer jokes that are out there. If you would like to send me a private reply,I will tell you which two attorneys in Florida stand shoulders above the rest. McBride is not one of them and neither is Janet Reno. lol
Good luck to you. If you can make one of your goals to be a different, better kind of attorney, those jokes will be easier to hear because you'll know they don't apply to you. Floriduh Voter