06-22-2006, 03:28 AM
Okay, I had a rather stomache churning experience yesterday while representing a client at a hearing and thought I'd share it with you all as yet more proof that lawyers are scum <_<
I'm representing a client, defending against a landlord's application to evict them, claiming that they "assaulted" the landlords staff. The other sides lawyer pulls me aside and asks me "What is your defense to my client's claim?" I lay my cards out, this makes him pause and he scuttles off to speak to the landlord. So he says "Let's mediate (settle) this out"
So off we all go to the mediation room, where everything is off the record. Everything proceeds as it should but near the end, before everyone signs off on the deal we've crafted, he gets into a finger waving snit against my client, ranting and raving that my client "called the landlord's employee names" and asking me how I would like it if someone did that to me as I'm trying to point out that name calling isn't an evictable offense.
This is where I shot off my mouth and stopped him cold (with the landlord's rep. in the room)
N.B. I am physically disabled and it is very visable.
My response: "Mr. _____ I've been called derogatory names since I was able to understand words, everything from 'cripple to fag' and everything in between. I was always taught to walk away because wortds are just that, words" That shut him up real quick and the deal was signed without further incident.
I got back to my office later and found out that this is in fact standard practice for this sleazy creep and I was apparently the first one to call him on it.
If I was actually a full lawyer myself, I would be calling the Law Society on his @$$, as it is, he's just lost any credibilty he had :angry:
Sometimes I think Shakespeare was right... KILL AL THE LAWYERS!
NefCanuck
I'm representing a client, defending against a landlord's application to evict them, claiming that they "assaulted" the landlords staff. The other sides lawyer pulls me aside and asks me "What is your defense to my client's claim?" I lay my cards out, this makes him pause and he scuttles off to speak to the landlord. So he says "Let's mediate (settle) this out"
So off we all go to the mediation room, where everything is off the record. Everything proceeds as it should but near the end, before everyone signs off on the deal we've crafted, he gets into a finger waving snit against my client, ranting and raving that my client "called the landlord's employee names" and asking me how I would like it if someone did that to me as I'm trying to point out that name calling isn't an evictable offense.
This is where I shot off my mouth and stopped him cold (with the landlord's rep. in the room)
N.B. I am physically disabled and it is very visable.
My response: "Mr. _____ I've been called derogatory names since I was able to understand words, everything from 'cripple to fag' and everything in between. I was always taught to walk away because wortds are just that, words" That shut him up real quick and the deal was signed without further incident.
I got back to my office later and found out that this is in fact standard practice for this sleazy creep and I was apparently the first one to call him on it.
If I was actually a full lawyer myself, I would be calling the Law Society on his @$$, as it is, he's just lost any credibilty he had :angry:
Sometimes I think Shakespeare was right... KILL AL THE LAWYERS!
NefCanuck