Comments on: #62. Lawyers: pedantic, unrealistic, and out of touch. Which can be a useful distraction during a crisis situation! http://www.sharpanduseless.com/2009/12/29/62-lawyers-pedantic-unrealistic-and-out-of-touch-which-can-be-a-useful-distraction-during-a-crisis-situation/ A lawyer, a slacker, and a lot of palm trees... Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:10:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sharp and Useless http://www.sharpanduseless.com/2009/12/29/62-lawyers-pedantic-unrealistic-and-out-of-touch-which-can-be-a-useful-distraction-during-a-crisis-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Sharp and Useless Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:42:48 +0000 http://www.sharpanduseless.com/?p=479#comment-111 Concerning personal service, it can be waived in particular circumstances, and I think you'd be able to get court-permission to subserve if it was a people-eating goblin. Depends on how pragmatic the judge is. Concerning boring the heck out of clients, it really IS an effective way to gently dissuade a rash decision. No one wants to act, much less act rashly, once a lawyer has pontificated for an hour or so. At that point, it's just survival instincts kicking in: people rushing for the bathrooms, and caffeine, and their cell phones. Concerning personal service, it can be waived in particular circumstances, and I think you’d be able to get court-permission to subserve if it was a people-eating goblin. Depends on how pragmatic the judge is.

Concerning boring the heck out of clients, it really IS an effective way to gently dissuade a rash decision. No one wants to act, much less act rashly, once a lawyer has pontificated for an hour or so. At that point, it’s just survival instincts kicking in: people rushing for the bathrooms, and caffeine, and their cell phones.

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