Tag Archives: Interpreting lawyers

Finding a lawyer: one lawyer’s philosophy about lawsuits

“The BP Settlement: How the Lawyers See Their Role” is such a great letter to the Times, in response to a Joe Nocera opinion piece about the BP settlement. Burton LeBlanc describes beautifully why we need lawyers, and why lawsuits, … Continue reading

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Filing a grievance against a lawyer 13.The decision

I have been greatly remiss. I’ve received the Departmental Disciplinary Committee decision about my grievance in mid-March. It’s been sitting on my desk since then. I meant to report on the letter I received — and respond to it — … Continue reading

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Lawyers behaving badly. Really badly.

For some reason, this revelatory (in so many ways) piece from the legal web site Above the Law points out that the lawyer behaving really badly is a patent lawyer. Since I don’t know any patent lawyers, I can’t weigh … Continue reading

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