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Greenfield sighed.  He had been reading the discussion over at Simple Justice about the attorney's ethical role in discussing taking a plea, mainly as a way to avoid getting back to thinking about what he was going to say to his own client about the plea offer; the guy was due in the office at the top of the hour.Damn.  Double damn.  Damn.  It didn't look … [Read more...] about Greenfield and the Genie

Or at least no worse taste than the American Bar Association, which just named their top 100 blawgs, including several of my favorites: Defending PeopleRather than using his blog to shake his fist at injustice everywhere, Mark Bennett focuses on how lawyers can make their own justice in the courtroom. He shares his philosophies through analogies and anecdotes from his Houston … [Read more...] about I Must Have Good Taste in Blogs

A few days ago, Scott Greenfield once again raised a topic that gets everybody talking. (How does he do it? Volume!) He does it by publishing an unedited letter from a David Hiersekorn that is critical of Scott's stance on marketing. Here's the nut 'graf: In a nutshell, it appears that you believe you are significantly better than other attorneys, and you dislike lawyer … [Read more...] about A Few Thoughts On Restricting Lawyer Marketing

This is hard to watch, as there's stupidity all around, but I do think it's instructive. I'm not a big fan of open carry, mind you, but I know that some folks are. While, on balance, I prefer to be discreet, as I think there's real disadvantages to open carry, most times, most places, there are some arguments in favor of it. 1. Bad people -- well, bad people without badges -- … [Read more...] about Open Carry: Threat or Menace?

You may have noticed that the last three posts were all in response to something Scott Greenfield posted over at Simple Justice. While I don't usually have enough time, it's not unusual for Scott to post three or four items I'd like to comment on. Sometimes I think that I should start a whole separate blog dedicated to discussing whatever Scott is discussing. It could … [Read more...] about The Greenfield Conspiracy?