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Based on information from sources with links to sources who have rock solid sources, we have learned that criminal attorneys throughout the beltway in DC are celebrating today with champagne and lobster. Apparently the current Trump White House staff and previous campaign staff are burning up the wires and clogging up cell phone service with calls to attorneys. Even lawyers who were about ready to board up their offices and retired attorneys are open for business. In a legal environment where it is "feast or famine," it's looking like "feast fit for a king" right now.
It seems that, even with an abundance of competent and shyster legal pros in DC, there are not nearly enough legal minds available to meet this new demand. It's every man and woman for him or herself when it comes to finding competent representation, given the extreme liabilities created by the Trump Organization (http://www.TrumpOrg.com). One Attorney who absolutely refused to tell us who he was, said, "Damn! If a guy can't make a fortune by representing the Trumpeters this year, that guy is as dumb as any rock!"
Orsino
(37,428 posts)argyl
(3,064 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Yavin4
(35,442 posts)Any law firm representing him would have to dedicate tons of resources around the clock. Good luck getting Trump to pay that bill.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)It's everyone associated with him. They're on their own, because Trump Don't Care.
Yavin4
(35,442 posts)These chumps don't have insurance. They're on the hook for those bills.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)That, among other reasons, like he won't shut up. Won't do what they tell him to do. Runs off half cocked. etc., etc., etc.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)pirateshipdude
(967 posts)niyad
(113,350 posts)welcome to du.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)calimary
(81,322 posts)Yeah, truly - talk about a jobs program! LOTSA work for Lawyers! And, astoundingly enough, quite a bit of work for lawyers FOR some of the lawyers!
Sheesh...
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Lawyers R Us as we speak.
niyad
(113,350 posts)have to spend time, breathe the same air. . . . are you sure you want to put yourself through that.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)There is that niggling issue of ethics -- I have some....
niyad
(113,350 posts)Yavin4
(35,442 posts)niyad
(113,350 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts).
Trump tells his aids that there is no need to seek law firms, then he calls all of them in surrounding area so that those firms cannot represent the aids against him?
That would be the funniest thing on the planet!
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Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I do not post anything other than my own words without a link and quotation marks.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)because it was reminiscent of him.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I always signal it, though. Lately, I've been using this emoji:
Thanks for the nice compliment, by the way!
murielm99
(30,745 posts)I have seen so many posts here with the disclaimer: Not the Onion!
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)I am good at pretend lawyering. All I have to do is convince one of the rubes I am real, and I'll make a fortune. Afterall, they work for a fake president so it shouldn't be hard.
gordianot
(15,242 posts)I am not sure how this works but have seen it suggested that Trump has used this tactic in his business deals.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)As your attorney, I advise -
1. Foreaight
2.circumspection
3.Caution.
The chess game is getting real.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I'll probably tell you to STFU. That advice adds up to a quarter-hour of billing time, by the way.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)was during a marriage annulment hearing. Even though I was the plaintiff, the person I had married was paying for all legal costs. I met the attorney outside the courtroom. He said, "I will ask you several questions. The answer to each of them is "Yes." You won't need to say anything else."
Still, I listened closely to the questions. I said "Yes" to four questions. The judge said, "Annulment granted," and I went home.
The woman in question had married me to spite an old boyfriend I knew nothing about. It was a fraudulent marriage. So, I wasn't married, after that hearing. Never had been married, according to the law. What a weird thing.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)I could have done that.
Excellent counsel.
Never miss a good opportunity to STFU.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)If Trump asks you to do something in private, leave the room and call me immediately.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Winners all around.
elmac
(4,642 posts)at this rate they will really owe putin a lot of money.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Doc is going to come in and ask what's so funny. Think I'll tell him.