- Lawyers don’t “bribe judicial officers.”’ HELL, NO! They facilitate them.
- Lawyers don’t ask court to “postpone cases”; they ask it to adjourn them.
- Lawyers don’t “find solutions”; they seek remedies.
- Lawyers “know” everything; what you think they don’t know is “what
they have not addressed their minds to”.
- Lawyers don’t “go on”; they proceed.
- Lawyers don’t “refuse”; they object.
- Lawyers don’t “ask court to take a step”; they move it.
- Lawyers don’t “leave an issue”; they abandon it.
- Lawyers are not “wordy”; they articulate their point.
- Lawyers don’t “find solutions”; they resolve issues.
- Lawyers call themselves lawyers among “lay men”(all other professions
and non-professionals); they call themselves “Learned Friends” when they are addressing themselves.
- Lawyers don’t “disagree” with each other; they just differ.
From a post of LEGAL Database as forwarded by Atty. Dexter A. Francisco
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At the barber shop. Dr. Smithson found himself in the chair nexr to the town banker, who inquired as to how his attorney was faring after suffering a heart attack.
“Not doing too well,” the doctor replied solemnly. “In fact, Mr. Folsom is lying at death’s door.”
“Now, isn’t that something,” commented the banker. “At death’s door, and still lying.”