Another Round
Had another round with that wily veteran lawyer I blogged about here.
There were procedural/technicalities that constrained me to have the hearing yesterday postponed. To that, he could not impose any objection, because it was really his fault.
But of course, he had to be paid his appearance fees for that day. He had a lot of his clients there yesterday and he had to show that he deserved to be paid.
So what did he do? He raised a technicality of his own to "try" to win his case in one swoop. That accomplished two things. First, he could say a mouthful in court to justify his fees. Second, he tried to distract us and the court so he could appear to have fought us all the way and appear to be the hero for his clients.
Fortunately, the lawyer of the other party he tried that pull that stunt against did not buy it. And neither did the judge. Hearing was postponed despite his "rantings."
But knowing his style, he will make it appear he was the "hero" in the hearing when he talked to his clients afterwards. He would probably say to them, "I have them by their balls."
Well unfortunately for him, the other lawyer is a lady.
I would probably let his antics slide if his clients could really afford to pay him.
But the reason why I blogged about him twice is the clients he represents probably had to sacrifice a daily meal for their families to pay for his appearance fees. And his acceptance fees already cost them a month's wage each. All to feed his fat ass and put gas in his phat car.
And what else did I discover? He is not really a veteran, at least compared to me. I was admitted to the bar a year before he did. He probably took the bar as a second career (because he looks way older than me, he could pass off looking like my father, you know) or he was in the fringes of the law profession and/or took the bar lots of times, just passing the year after I did.
And as I said before, it was a lost cause and it would have been better for this lawyer to settled rather than antagonize us in the first place. Because when they lose, they're going to lose hard. And by that time, we would be so antagonized that his clients could no more seek concessions from us. They're going to loose their homes and they will have no place to go.
When this case is over, that lawyer will still have a place to come home to and a big plate of food at his table. His clients will not, thanks to his grandstanding.
I'm not really keen on suing a brother lawyer, because in the end, we're all just trying to earn a living. But in his case, I like to make an exception. And I like to make an example of him.
There were procedural/technicalities that constrained me to have the hearing yesterday postponed. To that, he could not impose any objection, because it was really his fault.
But of course, he had to be paid his appearance fees for that day. He had a lot of his clients there yesterday and he had to show that he deserved to be paid.
So what did he do? He raised a technicality of his own to "try" to win his case in one swoop. That accomplished two things. First, he could say a mouthful in court to justify his fees. Second, he tried to distract us and the court so he could appear to have fought us all the way and appear to be the hero for his clients.
Fortunately, the lawyer of the other party he tried that pull that stunt against did not buy it. And neither did the judge. Hearing was postponed despite his "rantings."
But knowing his style, he will make it appear he was the "hero" in the hearing when he talked to his clients afterwards. He would probably say to them, "I have them by their balls."
Well unfortunately for him, the other lawyer is a lady.
I would probably let his antics slide if his clients could really afford to pay him.
But the reason why I blogged about him twice is the clients he represents probably had to sacrifice a daily meal for their families to pay for his appearance fees. And his acceptance fees already cost them a month's wage each. All to feed his fat ass and put gas in his phat car.
And what else did I discover? He is not really a veteran, at least compared to me. I was admitted to the bar a year before he did. He probably took the bar as a second career (because he looks way older than me, he could pass off looking like my father, you know) or he was in the fringes of the law profession and/or took the bar lots of times, just passing the year after I did.
And as I said before, it was a lost cause and it would have been better for this lawyer to settled rather than antagonize us in the first place. Because when they lose, they're going to lose hard. And by that time, we would be so antagonized that his clients could no more seek concessions from us. They're going to loose their homes and they will have no place to go.
When this case is over, that lawyer will still have a place to come home to and a big plate of food at his table. His clients will not, thanks to his grandstanding.
I'm not really keen on suing a brother lawyer, because in the end, we're all just trying to earn a living. But in his case, I like to make an exception. And I like to make an example of him.
transcription by Punzi @ 5:55 AM
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