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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. Oh, hell, yes.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:23 PM
Nov 2020

The analogy in the tweet: "Imagine you moved to a new town and are going to see a new doctor for the first time. And when he walks in, he has his stethoscope dangling out of his ass. And then he pulls it out and says "OK, I want to take your temperature now" and moves to place it on your forehead."

As a long-retired lawyer I've been looking at the whole shit show and reading the court documents with horror and amazement, like how did these people complete law school and pass the bar exam? For that matter, how do they get dressed by themselves? They must have advertised on Craigslist for people who somehow became lawyers and who have most, if not all, of the following qualifications:

No recent experience in federal court, preferably none at all.
Failed the bar exam at least once.
Flunked first-year civil procedure.
Flunked con law.
At least one disciplinary charge.
At least one Rule 11 sanction.
A serious substance abuse problem.
Civil commitment to a psychiatric institution.

Seriously. I've seen some silly business in court but this is weapons-grade incompetence. In-fucking-credible.

So funny! FM123 Nov 2020 #1
I have seen some really bad attorneys in my time as an attorney qazplm135 Nov 2020 #2
I don't think it was their education that was the problem. I think they The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #6
Oh, hell, yes. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #3
Of your list- rzemanfl Nov 2020 #4
Yes, but you didn't flunk the bar The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #5
The not pissing should be enough, and for a man my age it is an accomplishment. rzemanfl Nov 2020 #7
And Timewas Nov 2020 #8
Good point central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #9
Besides Timewas Nov 2020 #10
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