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Florida Man Seeks Pardon Based on Ted Cruz Defense

September 30, 2013 by M Walter Leave a Comment

A Florida man has attracted an empathetic ally in his fight for his freedom. Ted Cruz reportedly asked President Obama to pardon a Florida man, Gary Jones, who was convicted for murder in 2002. Jones has just lost his last appeal this week and Senator Cruz is very eager to “end this flagrant miscarriage of…

Filed Under: Lawyer, Satire Tagged With: Bitter News, Legal News, politics

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Why Corporate Law is a Total Scam

September 23, 2013 by M Walter 8 Comments

But I can’t really blame the corporate attorneys for what they are doing.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, biglaw, business, Featured, law firm jobs, law jobs, lawsuit, partners, partnership track

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48 Hours in the Mind of a Trial Attorney

September 11, 2013 by M Walter 1 Comment

The following post takes place in real time, from two days before a trial until the dust has settled.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: trial, trial preparation

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Zealous Advocacy: Five Types of Advocates and How it Can all go Terribly Wrong

September 9, 2013 by M Walter 1 Comment

I can hear my law professor screaming about that title right now. She hated the term ‘zealous advocacy.’ As an attorney in training, I only had some very vague idea of why ‘zealous advocacy’ might not be the best possible term. The preamble to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MPR) does mention zealous advocacy.…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: attorney ethics, legal ethics, settlement, trial, Unethical & Amoral

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Dating Tips for the 1L

August 28, 2013 by M Walter 1 Comment

So, you decided to go law school and you just happen to be single as well. You are excited for your first year. You are about to be thrown into a small community of really smart people just like yourself and you are confident that at least 1 or 10 of them will be really…

Filed Under: Columns, law school, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter Law School, dating, law school students, love, lust, T1 law school

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Zimmerman & Anthony: Juries are Actually Pretty Good at What They Do

August 14, 2013 by M Walter 2 Comments

Make your story very simple! Don’t confuse the jury! We repeat these mantras over and over again. To our colleagues, we say things like “Well, yeah, but do you think a jury would understand that?” The trial attorney is constantly worrying that the poor uneducated peons on his or her jury just won’t understand his…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: criminal defense, criminal law, discrimination, jury duty, lawyering, public defenders

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Bully Porn Addict Sues Apple

July 24, 2013 by M Walter 1 Comment

Don’t get me wrong, I generally applaud anyone suing Apple. I think they are pushing intellectual property law to the point where it limits healthy competition and will eventually destroy America’s competitive edge. (And, hey, republicans if you are looking to get more youth in your ranks, this might be a good issue for you.…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer, News & Views, Really Real News Tagged With: Bitter News, frivolous lawsuits, outrageous lawsuits, stupid lawyers

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How to Land 10 Year Old Sally in Jail for Chalking

July 1, 2013 by M Walter Leave a Comment

In San Diego, California a man is on trial for writing on the sidewalk with chalk. Apparently, he was writing such clever and inflammatory things as “No Thanks, Big Banks” and “Shame on Bank of America” on public sidewalks outside a few Bank of America branches in San Diego. You might wonder how something like…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views, Really Real News

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Dear Proponents of Prop 8: A Lesson on Standing

June 28, 2013 by M Walter 4 Comments

In sympathy for the Prop 8 proponents, we take a look at the basic elements of standing, and how to litigate the issue next time.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: constitutional law, gay marriage, standing, supreme court

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5 Reasons Why Being a Lawyer is Really Not as Cool as I Thought

June 17, 2013 by M Walter 5 Comments

From the bad clients to the worse judges, we delve into the reasons why being a lawyer simply isn’t cool. At all.

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Filed Under: Bitter by Numbers, Lawyer Tagged With: debt, law jobs, lawyering, practicing law

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