Supply and demand --- On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 4:36 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Isn't that a bit self fulfilling? If there weren't so many lawyers it'd > be harder to lawyer up and sue people. > -Curt > > On Monday, February 10, 2020, 5:23:06 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > People need to quite perpetuating stereotypes like this. I’ve had a very > good friend for over 20 years that is a real estate lawyer, and a straight > shooter if I ever met one. He’ll tell you right up front if he think’s > you’re wrong or making a bad deal. I’ve seen him turn down potential > clients he didn’t like or didn’t think he could work with. He’s not the > only lawyer like this I’ve known. > > In fairness, there are clunkers, too, like there are in every profession. > But I don’t believe in painting with a broad brush. > > Sure, there will always be ambulance chasers, but the main reason for > there being so many lawyers around is because our society is stupid with > litigation. If people would actually sit down together and work out their > differences instead of suing in a heartbeat things wouldn’t be so bad. > Sometimes having a civil conversation can go a lot farther than circling > the wagons and lawyering up. > > -D > > > > On Feb 10, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > it certainly has not been any shyster I've dealt with in the past 30 > years or so. They've only sucked out huge sums of cash with no positive > result. > > > > The last one, and perhaps the one before, may be successfully sued, but > there seems to be no honest and competent shysters left, and the ones left > are NOT going to go against a member of the club. > > YMMV in Canada. I certainly believe you are honest and fair, but you > are in Canada. > >> Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> February 10, 2020 at 1:52 PM > >> > >> > >> > >> BUT, who are you going to call when your butt is against the wall? Who > else, apart from maybe your Mamma, is going to stand up in front of the > Judge and say nice things about you in order to save your butt? > >> > >> RB > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
