by Edsel » Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:34 am
Some of the finest people I have known are lawyers. I have been a legal secretary for 35 years and have worked for many, many lawyers. Many of them were exceptionally fine human beings. I had a job in Los Angeles with a law firm and was subpoenaed to testify before the IRS in New York City. They paid my way(what the witness reimbursement didn't cover), they provided me with free representation, they put me up at the Hilton, they paid my salary while I was gone, they did everything they could. This was courtesy of one of the partners of the firm. I worked for a woman whose "leisure" time was spent in providing clothing for the homeless. I work for three attorneys now who provide free legal representation to kids from Central America seeking asylum. One of the partners at the firm where I work headed up a team that provided free representation to Cathy Henderson, a woman who was sentenced to die in Texas. They saved her life. Whether you think her life should have been saved or not, they worked very hard because of their principles. Just like any group in the world, whether it's computer programmers or police officers or nurses or movie stars, Russians or Americans or Nigerians, a certain percentage is going to be a blotch on the reputation of them all. I have known some attorneys who are blotches on the entire human race and it's not because they're attorneys. They are blotches who happen to be attorneys and, as such, have the opportunity to create more havoc than those in other occupations. constance2u 77 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.