Greedy Lawyers

What makes so many lawyers greedy? 
 
We read about stories about lawyers by fiction writers which make interesting story lines. We watch  TV series about lawyers that allow us into the secret world they live and work in.   Some of the stories series like "The Good Wife" allows us to go behind the scenes of the  firm and lets us in as one of them.   The sad truth is that many fiction writers get their stories from actual cases.  Jeff's case would make a great series.

During the course of my adult life, I've not had much opportunity for the need of client/attorney relationships. Both my grandfather and my father-in-law were practicing attorneys.  I would cringe whenever I was at a social gathering and hear people telling lawyer jokes.  I had first hand knowledge of 2 very fine gentlemen who practiced two very different types of law.  My grandfather was one of the first to graduate from the Detroit College of Law in the early 1920s.  He became a prosecutor for the City of Detroit.  Later in private practice, he had a general law practice with my grandmother as his assistant.  He had very high morals and would turn cases away for example  it was a divorce that involved children. I naively thought all attorneys were upstanding citizens, helping real people travel through the legal web of laws.

My father-in-law graduated Wayne State U after a successful career as teacher then assistant principal for the Detroit school system.  He in his later years decided to go to law school to help the disadvantaged.  At 55 years old he graduated with honors and started his law career.  

He accepted  criminal cases, general legal counsel, family disputes and whatever came his way.  He always looked out for the person that was either too rich for legal aid but not rich enough to engage a high paying lawyer.  He just wanted to make things right.  These two men were role models for me.

Fast forward to today...there are more lawyers out there for the mighty buck then to help someone and will do whatever it takes to grab on to the mighty dollar.  During the time I have been following Jeff's case, I have come to realize that the lawyers involved are nothing short of greedy, sneaky, unscrupulous people that are out to take you for all you are worth. 

Judges are no better.  They were lawyers before they became judges.  Judge Furgeson who was at the beginning of this Kangaroo Court, and now retired, is going after the government he worked for and suing  same government, (the one who pays his fine pension) in behalf of all Federal Judges for higher compensation.  Suing the government.  Our tax dollars at work. 

Is this not ironic?  


Unfortunately the lawyers who want to make a difference,follow the oath of office,  treat their clients with respect and want to really help them are painted with the same ugly brush.  Here is an opportunity to tell your story of the Good, Bad or the Ugly.