tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post4548168675861836335..comments2024-03-04T00:51:50.562-05:00Comments on The Baiting Hollow Hummingbird Sanctuary: Reggie retiring; I will represent myselfPaul Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866196394764849380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post-50734399994514518962014-06-01T06:55:31.666-04:002014-06-01T06:55:31.666-04:00Emily - thanks for your encouragement. Perhaps one...Emily - thanks for your encouragement. Perhaps one cannot really generalize about lawyers, and I know some really nice ones (for example, Reggie Seltzer). What I question are aspects of the system itself, which tend to get exploited by the bad apples. One simple example - how "costs' are awarded in the USA versus the UK (which otherwise have very similar legal systems). In the UK, if A brings a suit against B and the suit fails, typically B's legal costs must be paid by A. This tends to discourage litigiousness: if one's suit fails, not only does one have to pay one's own legal costs, but also those of the defendant. One thinks twice before launching a lawsuit. But in the US each side ˙as bear its own costs. (The only exception is when the lawsuit was completely frivolous and intended to harass). Of course this<br /> encourages litigiousness, but it also lines lawyers' pockets.Paul Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866196394764849380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4178530645168049349.post-92096342492635267652014-05-30T09:16:10.534-04:002014-05-30T09:16:10.534-04:00I represented myself once in a legal case and I ac...I represented myself once in a legal case and I actually found that the judge was favorably impressed with my ability to argue on my own behalf against a very large law firm in Manhattan of all things ... and I won!! I hope you will too ... I think lawyers in general don't put much passion into their work ... they can argue either side of the case and this communicates itself to mediators/juries/judges ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787262697784989692noreply@blogger.com