Jeep Class Action Lawsuit

[Hawaiian Style]

Okay, okay, settle down. No offense intended. I've had the "opportunity" to hire a lawyer a few times to defend my rights. They've been pretty good ones too. Problem is there the lawyers that are most visible to the public are the ambulance chaser types. Maybe your profession, like those of the wheeling community, need to clean up their image.

 

[biscuitboy87]

This IS stupid. No argument there.
I am personally unaware of anyone who's brought a class action suit pro bono . I won't bother getting into the types and amount of legal services I've provided without ever asking anything in return. Let there be no misunderstanding - I am as disgusted with most plaintiffs' attorneys as a good many people are. I have particularly little use for those who bring marginal (at best) class action lawsuits, and line their pockets while failing to adequately serve the class members.
That said - generalizations are a dangerous thing. I think you said a mouthful when you said that generalizations are made from some sort of truth. Do you really want to justify your attitude toward every member of a learned profession with that logoc, however? After all, do you suppose there is "some sort of truth" to the stereotype of four-wheelers as drunken idiots bent on destroying the environment as they recklessly risk their lives and those of others?

:dunno:

RD, I didn't mean to offend you, and i am sorry if I did. I have read your threads in the past and know from them that you are knowledgeable and a nice guy. I am however making a generalization from those threads, just as I made a generalization about lawyers from my personal experiences. It is all part of the learning process. The term one bad apple destroys the bunch comes to mind.
As for the sterotype and generalizations, there is always some sort of fact from which they are based. Read the trhead about the police on the rubicon and my point is made. the police exist because there are drunk 4x4 people who are careless...and it makes us all look bad. Another example would be the tree hugger stereotype which we have all talked about here. One story gets out about spikes in the trees and suddenly every earth activist is out to kill 4wd enthusiasts.
this is silly, and so in closing, I will say that though you havn't changed my thoughts about the profession...I will be more careful about the stereotypes that got us into this little tete a tete (which is not latin per se, but french for head to head).

 

[Eagle]

"Pro Bono" means, literally, "For the good." Good of what/whom? Society, presumably. Some attorneys do pro bono work, and I applaud them for it.

However, the current investigation of Connecticut's boy-wonder governor has cast light even on the pro bono aspects of practicing law. As someone mentioned, many (most? All?) larger law firms have some sort of pro bono program set up. The attorneys are required to expend 'X' percentage of thier time on pro bono work. That rather defeats the purpose, doesn't it? If you're requird to do it in order to maintain your job, then it's not really volunteer work at all, it's just fulfilling a condition of employment.

Another wrinkle uncovered in the investigation of our governor is that many law firms apparently provide "pro bono" services to select public officials (or their pet causes), but the attorneys are paid for their time by the firm. The court in Connecticut recently rules (correctly, I think) that under these conditions the work is not "pro bono," it's a political contribution.

Ain't nothin' easy these days.

 

[carnuck]

I hear quite a few people getting their manifolds replaced, but what about the heads that are cracking?

 

[goodburbon]

boy, this is an oldie

The only cracked head around here is yours for bringing this thread back.

 

[Ramsey]

are you threatening him? better watch out, might get his lawyer involved.

 

[rock rash]

haha. i was all ready to make a comment on the topic, then realized how old it was!