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Canadian law firm is running a NCAA-style bracket for the best fictional attorney of all time. I have way too many strong feelings about this. Vote here: https://www.agpllp.ca/all-time-best-fictional-lawyer-round-1-part-1/
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blarzgh posted:Also why Sept (7)ember Oct(8)over Nov(9)ember and Dec(10)ember are all off by two nominal months, because they just stuck July(Julius) and August (Agustus) smack dab in the middle to make 12 months. Related to how Halloween is exactly equal to Christmas, which I first read in Isaac Asimov's "Casebook of the Black Widowers". Hot Dog Day #91 posted:You plebs using an antique Gregorian calendar make me sick. I only use the French Revolution's calendar. Happy du Quartidi of Frimaire, year 227. This guy gets it. From my office wall:  Phil Moscowitz posted:Happy day of the pig, citizen! Bonne Quintidi du Frimaire, citoyen! ulmont fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Dec 5, 2018 |
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Dec 5, 2018 20:41
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Re the comic: I think judges objecting on their own to inadmissible testimony should happen more often. Like, I have to message strategic calls on objecting too much, the harm the testimony will do, the likelihood of my winning the objection, etc. If the judge heard something they think shouldn't come in, I think they should say so.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Re the comic: I think judges objecting on their own to inadmissible testimony should happen more often. Like, I have to message strategic calls on objecting too much, the harm the testimony will do, the likelihood of my winning the objection, etc. If the judge heard something they think shouldn't come in, I think they should say so. ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM!
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Dec 5, 2018 22:13
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Anyone here in the D.C. metro area?
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Dec 5, 2018 23:14
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Alexeythegreat posted:Anyone here in the D.C. metro area? So you definitely didn't get that gov't position, huh?
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Dec 6, 2018 00:07
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Alexeythegreat posted:Anyone here in the D.C. metro area? Northern Virginia here
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Dec 6, 2018 00:08
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thehoodie posted:Canadian law firm is running a NCAA-style bracket for the best fictional attorney of all time. I have way too many strong feelings about this. My first thought is that there's a surprising dearth of Law & Order (and spinoff) attorneys on the list. Arrested Development (which, don't get me wrong, I love) has three lawyers make the cut. L&O has only two -- tied with Night Court (which is also good, but the L&O franchise has aired something like 1,000 episodes total). I do see the broader arrangement of the categories, but I know I wouldn't have gone to law school if original recipe L&O didn't air four times a day on A&E when I was in undergrad. Also seems like David E. Kelley is under-represented. I would have thought someone else from Boston Legal would make the cut (Crane or Schmidt, easily), let alone The Practice or a deeper cut like Picket Fences' Douglas Waumbaugh. (I am probably the only one who remembers Picket Fences at this point, though!) Finally, because I understand my place in the cosmos and this thread, what about musical theater and operetta? No Billy Flynn from Chicago? No one from Gilbert & Sullivan? Non-lawyers like Erin Brokovich and Charlie Kelly make the cut, but no Portia from Merchant of Venice? Apparently I also have strong opinions about this list.
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Dec 6, 2018 01:25
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Alexeythegreat posted:Anyone here in the D.C. metro area? Yep. Probably lots of others too.
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Dec 6, 2018 01:37
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Flag on the play. Brokovich is not a lawyer. And I agree. This list is dumb. And includes some really lovely lawyers. See eg Lt Kafee. The whole point was that he was an arrogant douche with no experience and an overly large ego.
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Dec 6, 2018 02:47
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ActusRhesus posted:See eg Lt Kafee. The whole point was that he was an arrogant douche with no experience and an overly large ego. LCDR Galloway, you need to watch more than the first third of a movie to understand a character’s arc.
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Dec 6, 2018 04:01
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ActusRhesus posted:Flag on the play. Brokovich is not a lawyer. No Harvey Dent, the list is invalid.
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Dec 6, 2018 04:24
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If you vote, it says the next round of votes will have lawyers from longer TV shows (as in, shows that go for an hour) on it. Dianne Lockhart ftw.
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Dec 6, 2018 04:27
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Alexeythegreat posted:Anyone here in the D.C. metro area? Vox Nihili posted:So you got that gov't position, huh? FTFY
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Dec 6, 2018 05:20
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Munin posted:FTFY New AG found.
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Dec 6, 2018 05:37
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Phil Moscowitz posted:LCDR Galloway, you need to watch more than the first third of a movie to understand a character’s arc. He was still lovely. Just mildly more aware that he didn’t know everything.
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Dec 6, 2018 12:14
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Much like real life, L&O prosecutors are pretty interchangeable so you only need a couple represented on the list.
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Dec 6, 2018 13:51
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thehoodie posted:Canadian law firm is running a NCAA-style bracket for the best fictional attorney of all time. I have way too many strong feelings about this. I don't see Leonard J. Crabs Esq. anywhere on this list. Incomplete! Also the answer is obiously Kevin Lomax as played by Keanu Reeves in the hit motion picture The Devil's Advocate (1997 film) for the sheer realism of a Florida lawyer being the literal spawn of Satan (spoiler)
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Dec 6, 2018 14:33
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No Tom Hagen, Dr. Gonzo, or Lionel Hutz means list is poo poo
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Dec 6, 2018 14:42
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Actually looks like they only had one half of the bracket yesterday. Lionel Hutz is a 1 seed lol https://www.agpllp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Lawyer-Bracket-2.pdf
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Dec 6, 2018 14:45
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You can now vote. Charlie Kelly is currently losing to Clare Huxtable.
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Dec 6, 2018 15:32
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Pook Good Mook posted:You can now vote. What? How??
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Dec 6, 2018 15:38
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Hoshi posted:What? How?? Gotta go vote https://www.agpllp.ca/all-time-best-fictional-lawyer-round-1-part-1/
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Dec 6, 2018 15:46
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yronic heroism posted:Much like real life, L&O prosecutors are pretty interchangeable so you only need a couple represented on the list. It’s mostly true. Also, I just pulled the resume of one of my opposing counsel who likes to play the “i was a marine! RAWRRR!” Card. Get a load of this no campaign medal, only one personal award scrub.
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Dec 6, 2018 16:50
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The fact that charlie and the arrested development lawyers besides barry are not winning is a goddamn crime.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:02
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Tom Hagen may be the best lawyer.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:02
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Tom Hagen may be the best lawyer. No, it will always be Vinny.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:07
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Tom Hagen may be the best lawyer. Accurate. Vinny is good too. This list is bullshit.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:09
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Seriously the poo poo Tom pulled is amazing. And considering, if you consider gf3 to be canon, that his primary client went on to become a billionaire with no jail time? loving amazing.
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Dec 6, 2018 17:21
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Sorry, I had to vote against Atticus Finch for his terrible and backwards treatment of a rape victim
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Dec 6, 2018 17:22
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blarzgh posted:Sorry, I had to vote against Atticus Finch for his terrible and backwards treatment of a rape victim Come on you pussies
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Dec 6, 2018 19:16
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blarzgh posted:Come on you pussies Fight me.
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Dec 6, 2018 19:40
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Some dipshit at my PDs office gave me an earful about not having seen to kill a mocking bird or having it as a primary motivator for me to want to get into criminal defense litigation. Charlie Kelly won his case against all odds as a self taught master of bird law. I don't think anyone else on that list has overcome those kind of odds to become a successful litigator and consequently he deserves to be #1.
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Dec 6, 2018 20:18
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The thing is... Atticus is kind of a lovely lawyer. Just saying. Hi. I’m a small town trusts and estates guy. Lemme jump right into this capital murder trial a week before evidence. It’s kind of the definition of malpractice.
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Dec 6, 2018 20:20
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Good point, but here are MY thoughts about a bunch of fictional lawyers:
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Dec 6, 2018 20:21
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I need to see all their billables and portable business to truly decide who is the best fictional lawyer.
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Dec 6, 2018 20:22
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lmbo my schools bar pass rate dipped below [RIVAL SCHOOL] so the administration met with professors and told them to “add more multiple choice questions” to their finals bahahahaha
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Dec 6, 2018 20:26
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The best fictional lawyer is Uncle Phil.
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Dec 6, 2018 20:28
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Also. Why the gently caress is ally Mcbeal on that list? Didn’t futurama effectively point out that show was crap?
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ActusRhesus posted:The thing is... Atticus is kind of a lovely lawyer. Just saying. Hi. I’m a small town trusts and estates guy. Lemme jump right into this capital murder trial a week before evidence. It’s kind of the definition of malpractice. Just lol of you've only practiced after Gideon and Strickland.
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