I got a kick out of the sign for the law office I passed every day on my way to work: Dial & Lose. The odds got a little better when the added another partner: May.
Depending on what your suit’s about, you might save a lot of money and enjoy life more if you dumped all your notes and supporting files in that wastecan and went to the nearest ice cream shop.
In ‘The Force’ by Don Winslow a tough law&order cop spends the first 200 pages talking about how much he hates a particular defense attorney who always gets his clients off. As soon as the cop’s dirty secrets come out, he runs straight to the lawyer he hates.
Fresh out of law school, I took a job with a local firm. Three weeks into it, the senior partner told me, "This isn’t some big ‘truth party’ out there. Our clients expect us to do whatever it takes to win, regardless of something like ‘truth.’ " I left working for this slimeball within the month.
long ago when was pretty young my family was talking about local lawyers; my grandfather said “vandiver was the biggest shyster in town” I asked who do you use and he said “vandiver”. So i asked why he used him and he replied—-"you wanta win dont you? circa 1955 or so,
Ratkin Premium Member 12 months ago
Dewey, Cheatem and Howe – someone had to say it.
David_the_CAD 12 months ago
Well it depends. Is you suit intended to right a wrong, or just make you money?
Either way the lawyer is the one who wins.
sirbadger 12 months ago
I almost read CUTT wrong.
rasputin's horoscope 12 months ago
I got a kick out of the sign for the law office I passed every day on my way to work: Dial & Lose. The odds got a little better when the added another partner: May.
fretlessman71 12 months ago
What about the law offices of Dewey, Dickham & Howe?
cmxx 12 months ago
Depending on what your suit’s about, you might save a lot of money and enjoy life more if you dumped all your notes and supporting files in that wastecan and went to the nearest ice cream shop.
keenanthelibrarian 12 months ago
I think someone has had a hard time with lawyers – who that may be, I can only guess …
loudmouthbass 12 months ago
Ditcher, Quick, and Hyde or Shaft, Shaft, and Finagle
SameAsOldFfred 12 months ago
A poser: Is Trump capable of sweating beads?
Imagine 12 months ago
Depends on how frivolous your suit is.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member 12 months ago
Then there’s Private Eye magazine’s Sue, Grabbit & Runn
Out of the Past 12 months ago
What people overlook is that the cut throat outfits usually find it easier to cut their client’s throat.
Alexander the Good Enough 12 months ago
I’ve always favored Pat Oliphant’s “Bushmaster, Cobra, and Asp, LLC”
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member 12 months ago
There used to be a law partnership in my home town called “Coffin, Mew, and Clover” which always sounded really weird.
My grandmother had a fake book for hiding valuables in, titled on the spine as “Tryem and Chancitt”.
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member 12 months ago
Having been through a few legal situations, I would always pick the scariest firm. If they are already on your side, they can’t be hired against you.
Differentname 12 months ago
In ‘The Force’ by Don Winslow a tough law&order cop spends the first 200 pages talking about how much he hates a particular defense attorney who always gets his clients off. As soon as the cop’s dirty secrets come out, he runs straight to the lawyer he hates.
Random Nick Premium Member 12 months ago
99% of lawyers give the rest of them a bad stereotype.
Funniguy 12 months ago
Steppe, Tripp & Fawl Esqs.
sandpiper 12 months ago
A favorite ‘kick them’ theme. Always gets predictable responses.
Space_cat 12 months ago
Yeah, which evil, blood sucking parasite is most likely to “bend the rules” in your favor!
FredBurr 12 months ago
Fresh out of law school, I took a job with a local firm. Three weeks into it, the senior partner told me, "This isn’t some big ‘truth party’ out there. Our clients expect us to do whatever it takes to win, regardless of something like ‘truth.’ " I left working for this slimeball within the month.
bigbadwolf49 12 months ago
Every defendant is considered innocent until proven broke (Larsen T. Pettifogger, lawyer)
royq27 12 months ago
Get the money, then stand on principle…
garysmigs 12 months ago
judge shopping has much more favorable results though.
retjeff 12 months ago
senior partner, Boyd Dewey.
thelordthygod666 12 months ago
I applied for law school, but then I passed the ethics test and they said that disqualified me.
magicwalnut 12 months ago
There is a recurring TV ad in Michigan, in which a scary looking lawyer intones, “That’s what we do! We win!”
Call me Ishmael 12 months ago
“ I don’t recall” is not lying..(when the Fifth Amendment is not quite enough.)
proclusstudent 12 months ago
Trickem, Dickem and Dumpem. A short lived law firm of Nixon, and John and Ted Kennedy.
MeGoNow Premium Member 12 months ago
They should go for the left door. Those lawyers are obviously even more conniving that the others.
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator 12 months ago
Lawless & Lawless, Attorneys at Law.
kenmareinc 12 months ago
long ago when was pretty young my family was talking about local lawyers; my grandfather said “vandiver was the biggest shyster in town” I asked who do you use and he said “vandiver”. So i asked why he used him and he replied—-"you wanta win dont you? circa 1955 or so,
Mike Baldwin creator 12 months ago
If you’re shopping for a lawyer you’ve already lost.
tpcox928 12 months ago
The dirtiest lawyers win, in part because complicit judges allow them to.
Another Take 12 months ago
Phare Play And Justice went out of business decades ago.
eddi-TBH 12 months ago
Guess which ones are poor but honest?
eddi-TBH 12 months ago
Left: Live on pro bono stipend. Right: Under investigation for multiple ethics violations.
samadartson 12 months ago
98% of lawyers give all the rest a bad name.
gigagrouch 12 months ago
Ruly, Kempt, Sheveled, & Couth
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
Hart,Burns,and Belcher
And Managing Editor—Mr.Fuller Bull