Had to have one for a house I was buying. Right after closing I got transferred on a long term contract and sold the house right away. About a month later I was reading in the old town newspaper that the lawyer was disbarred for stealing closing costs and overcharging the people he was handling the deals for. He also went to jail. I went back over my paperwork and I was lucky but he stole from at least 10 people that they found. Lovely man. Salt of the earth.
Also had a job as a contract programmer at a govt office in Maryland. The courts were right next door. The things that the lawyers were pulling there were unbelievable. Whatever good feelings I had about most lawyers were lost by what I witnessed going on in that courthouse. Also had a traffic accident there. Not my fault at all. My car was destroyed. Insurance did not want to pay a decent amount considering that their client was grossly at fault. I moved over 3 lanes and even went onto the median to evade her and she still hit me and then claimed she could not see me. I was driving a fire engine red sports car at the time. I ended up getting a lawyer to handle my side. First thing he wanted me to do was to go see his doctor friend who would fit me up with a collar brace. Then I was told exactly what to say in court. Dragged on for 2 years but I finally won the case. Only problem was between the lawyer and his doctor buddy I got bupkus out of it while they did well. Thing was that my sports car was a Fiat about 6 years old so the insurance didn't want to give me enough to come close to replacing it. I even found almost a dupe of my car for $250 more than they offered me and suggested that it would be cheaper for them to do that and they turned it down. I guess their lawyers didn't think I would then go to a lawyer of my own. The whole thing was rotten and unnecessary. I was not trying to make a fortune on the deal. I just wanted my car replaced with the equivalent of what I had in about the same condition as the one I had. Seemed like a no-brainer to me considering it was totally their client at fault. Travis wrote: > I've never had the need to hire a lawyer but it is nice to know that i > can get one at the "family price". > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:00 AM, dick thompson > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > My condolences (LOL). Not all lawyers are crooks, just most of them. > > Love to read the comments by lawyers on Volokh. When I see how > some of them think I realize that I never want to be in the > clutches of that crew - EVER!! Small-minded and twisting the > words to mean what they never did. Enough to make you wonder how > we lasted so long. And the politicization of the judicial process > they want to implement is frightening. > > > Travis wrote: >> Easy Keith. My sis ia a lawyer. LOL >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Keith In Tampa >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Uhm........Some of them are, "cheap and easy"!!!! >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> No, Keith. Lawyers need women like my mother! :-) God- >> when I think of >> the family wealth that has been earned and splurged upon >> lawyers... >> >> On Apr 7, 4:32�pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > LOL! �Good for her!!! >> > >> > Keep Fighting the good fight! �America needs Patriots >> like you!! >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:27 PM, rigsy03 >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > > Me too, Keith. The same thing happened when I needed >> a new furnace in >> > > a January at -20 and a wonderful Irish inspector >> helped me out and set >> > > things right. There should be a tension between >> inspectors and >> > > contractors- too bad it is often neglected. (My >> mother sued the Air >> > > Force for sonic booms. :-)) >> > >> > > On Apr 7, 4:13 pm, Keith In Tampa >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> > > > Congrats Rigs!!! >> > >> > > > I love to hear stories like this!! >> > >> > > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 4:59 PM, rigsy03 >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > > > > Just a post about a minor victory. As some may >> remember, my home to >> > > > > street sewer line needed repairs in January when >> the ground was frozen >> > > > > so out came the crew with the jackhammers leaving >> behind a mess- >> > > > > untamped ground and a mound of dirt. All said the >> dirt would "settle"- >> > > > > but it didn't. Contractors, once paid, are hard >> to finesse, so I >> > > > > called the inspector who signed them off. Voila! >> My lawn is again >> > > > > level. And I didn't need a lawyer!!! LOL- Hide >> quoted text - >> > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
