Michael Avenatti has opted to represent himself in his Stormy case.

[allegorical oracle]

He should ask Ted Bundy how representing himself worked out. Oh wait, it didn't.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-fires-his-lawyers-and-will-cross-examine-stormy-daniels-himself

[allegorical oracle]

13. Oh yes! He seemed to be everywhere on TV. Maybe it was his shiny suits or something, but

all I could think was, "If this guy walked on the beach, he wouldn't leave footprints -- he'd leave a silvery slime trail."

[nycbos]

2. I believe the saying is...

... if you represent yourself you have a fool for a client.

[intrepidity]

3. Was Bundy an attorney?

Not sure I see what's wrong with a trained attorney using his knowledge and experience for himself, despite the "common wisdom" about representing oneself.

[Ocelot II]

7. It's stupid because even if you have legal experience and know the system,

when your own ass is on the line you can't be objective enough to see the weaknesses in your own case and you will do dumb and desperate things. Even lawyers are people. Ted Bundy had attended law school for a year and knew just enough to screw up his own case.

[allegorical oracle]

10. He attended law school.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This idiot has a fool for a client

[Ocelot II]

5. A fool for a lawyer and a fool for a client...

But he's so sleazy and so unlikely to pay his bills that he probably couldn't hire a real lawyer anyhow. He'd consider it too much of a comedown to be represented by a public defender; and public defenders don't get paid enough to have to deal with asshats like him - the usual collection of drug dealers and mobsters would be more preferable clients because they'd at least listen to the legal advice being offered.

[Shermann]

11. Does the double foolishness cancel out? nt

[Ocelot II]

12. No; it just causes the formation of a black hole of foolishness

from which no intelligence or competence can escape.

[Joinfortmill]

6. "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."

[Effete Snob]

8. For his next trick, he's going to steal his own money

[dchill]

9. Of course! Where is there a better, smarter, more ethica....

Never mind.

[ForgedCrank]

14. I thought

this guy was tossed in jail a couple of years ago?

[no_hypocrisy]

15. I only represented myself just one time in my 30 years of practice.

And it for parking illegally on the wrong side of the alternate-side-of-the-street during a blizzard. It was an easy win.

I wouldn't try this yourself Michael. If you lose, will you sue yourself for legal malpractice?

[milestogo]

16. Is he selling tickets?

[tblue37]

17. He'd better be careful. His lawyer has a history of stealing from his clients!