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Lawyers are tools. (Being one, I feel I can say so, with a humble degree of confidence.) Certainly there's a give-and-take between lawyers giving advice and cl
by bmh_ca 10y ago
Lawyers are tools. (Being one, I feel I can say so, with a humble degree of confidence.)
Certainly there's a give-and-take between lawyers giving advice and clients taking it, but by the "big X" their lawyers essentially do what they are told - lest the big client move elsewhere.
All to say: Lawyers doing a bad thing are often a symptom of an internal disease or conflict.
Which is to summarize a whole host of conflicting emotions: I'm slightly defensive about the profession, wholly sympathetic to the outcomes of wielding lawyers to achieve evil ends, and biased by personal experience – but nevertheless appreciative of comments, like this, that highlight the responsibility that lawyers bear to not only advise and act but to represent the reputations of institutions.
- brownbat 10y agoFellow attorney, I know how it feels to be defensive about the profession. So I should have said I'm less than enthused with their legal strategy, rather than placing blame on a specific group of people. GC definitely has an obligation to provide guidance on legal strategy before following the board's demands, and maybe they did so. Impossible to say where things broke down in this case.
- jmus 10y agoI had to chuckle at your first sentence. Over here (UK) 'tool' is often used in slang as a derogatory term for a person, effectively likening them to an obvious part of the male anatomy...
- temac 10y ago> lawyers essentially do what they are told Well, people defending themselves about doing bad things by stating that they are just doing what they are told are rightfully criticized. Even more so when they are in a high end profession.