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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 01:47 PM Jun 2017

Report: DC Attorneys Ecstatic Today!

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!"

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Report: DC Attorneys Ecstatic Today! (Original Post) MineralMan Jun 2017 OP
Finally, a Trump jobs program we can all get behind. n/t Orsino Jun 2017 #1
LOL LittleGirl Jun 2017 #16
Good one. And soon some of these lawyers will be saying,"Take the deal." argyl Jun 2017 #28
LOL Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #2
One big problem. Trump don't pay. Ever. Yavin4 Jun 2017 #3
No, no. It's not Trump looking for lawyers. MineralMan Jun 2017 #4
Same applies. Yavin4 Jun 2017 #20
That's why so many firms have turned him down lunatica Jun 2017 #26
The quote the other day was The guy wont pay and he wont listen csziggy Jun 2017 #38
Trump is providing jobs! Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #5
millions and millions of GREAT jobs!! niyad Jun 2017 #8
You bet! Thank-you. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #9
The best. CentralMass Jun 2017 #35
Welcome to DU, pirateshipdude! calimary Jun 2017 #18
It is becoming quite a day, for sure. Eom pirateshipdude Jun 2017 #24
Trump is employing lawyers--soon, the very Prison Industrial Complex that many R's will be housed. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #6
I'm printing out my law degree from ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #7
oh. . .dear. . . . do you really want to be in the swamp with them? I mean, you might actually niyad Jun 2017 #10
You're right ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #22
which is more than the entire trump/puke machine and its supporters have collectively. niyad Jun 2017 #39
Does Trump U have a law school? n/t Yavin4 Jun 2017 #21
shhh, don't give him any ideas. on the other hand, there is always liberty law. niyad Jun 2017 #40
Wouldn't that be funny if Trump did a Tony Soprano, tells aids not to lawyer up, and calls firms. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #11
Did you write this or is there a source? Is it satire or real? Amaryllis Jun 2017 #12
There is a source: My fevered brain. MineralMan Jun 2017 #13
Lots of people do post other's stuff without a source. I looked to see if it was Borowitz Amaryllis Jun 2017 #14
No. I occasionally try my hand at satire. MineralMan Jun 2017 #15
But we don't know the difference any more. murielm99 Jun 2017 #17
Soinds like easy pickings for me marylandblue Jun 2017 #19
So same lawyers are defending clients but cannot sue Justice at a later date? gordianot Jun 2017 #23
Kick orangecrush Jun 2017 #25
Best of all advice: STFU. Ask me before saying anything. MineralMan Jun 2017 #27
The only time I've ever been represented in court by an attorney MineralMan Jun 2017 #29
I wish orangecrush Jun 2017 #32
As your co-attorney marylandblue Jun 2017 #34
... orangecrush Jun 2017 #36
Will do. We can both Bill him! MineralMan Jun 2017 #37
at 50K an hour I hope elmac Jun 2017 #30
Sitting in doc office laughing my head off. Duppers Jun 2017 #31
Get paid up front, boys and girls JHB Jun 2017 #33

Yavin4

(35,442 posts)
3. One big problem. Trump don't pay. Ever.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 01:50 PM
Jun 2017

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)
4. No, no. It's not Trump looking for lawyers.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 01:52 PM
Jun 2017

It's everyone associated with him. They're on their own, because Trump Don't Care™.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
26. That's why so many firms have turned him down
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:18 PM
Jun 2017

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.

calimary

(81,322 posts)
18. Welcome to DU, pirateshipdude!
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 03:59 PM
Jun 2017

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...

niyad

(113,350 posts)
10. oh. . .dear. . . . do you really want to be in the swamp with them? I mean, you might actually
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 01:59 PM
Jun 2017

have to spend time, breathe the same air. . . . are you sure you want to put yourself through that.

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
11. Wouldn't that be funny if Trump did a Tony Soprano, tells aids not to lawyer up, and calls firms.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jun 2017

.

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!

.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
13. There is a source: My fevered brain.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:32 PM
Jun 2017

I do not post anything other than my own words without a link and quotation marks.

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
14. Lots of people do post other's stuff without a source. I looked to see if it was Borowitz
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:34 PM
Jun 2017

because it was reminiscent of him.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
15. No. I occasionally try my hand at satire.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:36 PM
Jun 2017

I always signal it, though. Lately, I've been using this emoji:

Thanks for the nice compliment, by the way!

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
17. But we don't know the difference any more.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 03:55 PM
Jun 2017

I have seen so many posts here with the disclaimer: Not the Onion!

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
19. Soinds like easy pickings for me
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:03 PM
Jun 2017

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)
23. So same lawyers are defending clients but cannot sue Justice at a later date?
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:09 PM
Jun 2017

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)
25. Kick
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:15 PM
Jun 2017

As your attorney, I advise -

1. Foreaight

2.circumspection

3.Caution.


The chess game is getting real.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
27. Best of all advice: STFU. Ask me before saying anything.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:20 PM
Jun 2017

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)
29. The only time I've ever been represented in court by an attorney
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:24 PM
Jun 2017

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.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
34. As your co-attorney
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:49 PM
Jun 2017

If Trump asks you to do something in private, leave the room and call me immediately.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
31. Sitting in doc office laughing my head off.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 04:32 PM
Jun 2017

Doc is going to come in and ask what's so funny. Think I'll tell him.



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