A pro se plaintiff pursues a lawsuit, claim, hearing, or other legal proceeding without the aid of an attorney. I’m sure they think themselves an educated, cavalier lot, but most of us who get their cases find them to be nutjobs. It’s not that I can’t empathize with where they’re coming from–after all, attorneys are [...]
An Atlanta divorce lawyer has been banned from the 5th floor of a county courthouse without an escort for ignoring the advice above. Seriously. He was quoted as saying, “It was a pretty black lady that I thought I knew and was joking with.” Uh huh. I’m sure he addresses his wife as “bitch” and [...]
As I’ve written about before, we’re too cheap to buy a booster seat for Toddler, so she sits on phonebooks in a grownup chair when we gather around the table to break bread every evening. Today, I noticed she’d shed her drawers for some reason and was sitting bare ass. No big surprise there. However, [...]
disclaimer: this post preceded by drinking Okay, does anyone actually ENJOY taking a client out for dinner and drinks? Really? I’ve met salesmen, and they’re usually fat happy men with gin blossom noses. I guess they like their lives. Lawyers, though, don’t so much enjoy the “client relationship building” aspect of their practice. In fact, [...]
Eric mans our copy room at work and gripes about the bad coffee we serve. So, he has started bringing his own beans and a grinder. He makes his “good” batch and puts a small yellow sticky note on the glass container holding his special blend, so that those of us in the know will [...]
