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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 09:57 PM Original message |
Corporate Lobbyist vs. Trial Lawyers? |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a law school graduate, I feel the same way you do, Debi. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My husband is a trial lawyer |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. one of the good guys out there in cedar falls |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. What? I don't get what you mean? n/t |
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ACapsizingBoat (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Unfortunately? |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not always pro bono by choice |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Bless you and your husband. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Wow, you have a lot on your plate! |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And good luck to you, Ms. Debi! |
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TokenWasp (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. As someone who both graduated law school AND passed the bar,... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Well, you make good points re advocacy; HOWEVER .. |
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TokenWasp (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yes - he has been very clear as to who he is pandering to... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I want him or her advocating for the poor and the middle class ... |
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TokenWasp (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I rather us educate him...you sound like you'd prefer a dictator. n/t |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. That's interesting .. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. All of them? |
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TokenWasp (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Actually every attorney has a duty to not say "no" in the interest of justice... |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. There are public defenders and court appointed attorneys that do |
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TokenWasp (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I take court-appointed cases, so I know about that... |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. My husband doesn't take court appointments |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Well, as you presumably know .. |
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TokenWasp (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Wow....an industry full of people who only do what they are comfortable with... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Funny you should say that .. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. BINGO!. . . .n/t |
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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Trial Lawyers are not a special interest? |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Please explain |
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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. And how are hospitals not in the interests of the patients they treat? |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You mean like when nurses give the wrong medication to a patient |
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penguin7 (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The claim that the lawyers are better than the evil corporate hospitals |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hmmm, let me think... um never |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pretty lame RW argument in my opinion. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You know those trial lawyers...making up the Right Wing |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. HaHaHa ... I've NEVER known a trial lawyer who was part of the rightwing! |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Anything that is even perceived as anti-Clinton is immediately labeled |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. HeeHee ... yes ... go figure! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Even the insurance defense trial lawyers that I have worked for |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. No kidding- |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. I thought John's response on that point was right on. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. What's the biggest thing going against trial lawyers (or actually their clients)? |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Corporations ! |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-21-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Who would prefer caps on damages awards! n/t |
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