Overlawyered » lawyers http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dickens bicentenary http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/dickens-bicentenary/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/dickens-bicentenary/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:36:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27465 Kevin at Lowering the Bar recounts Jarndyce v. Jarndyce.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/dickens-bicentenary/feed/ 0 Wisconsin lawyer: I won’t represent GOPers since they voted to limit fees http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/wisconsin-lawyer-i-wont-represent-gopers-since-they-voted-to-limit-fees/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/wisconsin-lawyer-i-wont-represent-gopers-since-they-voted-to-limit-fees/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:32:24 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26345 “A Milwaukee lawyer who calls himself the ‘lemon law king’ is vowing to never take on a Republican client because of a new law limiting attorney fees in Wisconsin. … In a statement issued on Monday, [Vince] Megna compared Wisconsin to North Korea.” [ABA Journal]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/wisconsin-lawyer-i-wont-represent-gopers-since-they-voted-to-limit-fees/feed/ 13 Lawyer’s suit: this breakfast’s no good http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/lawyers-suit-this-breakfasts-no-good/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/lawyers-suit-this-breakfasts-no-good/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:24:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25615 The complimentary breakfast provided with membership in the expensive Setai Club & Spa Wall Street used to be really good, according to injury attorney Richard Katz. Then they replaced it with just a cold buffet. The club said it offered Katz a prorated refund of his remaining membership after he complained, but he’s suing for $730,000, including a claim that he was defamed. [Gawker, Above the Law ]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/lawyers-suit-this-breakfasts-no-good/feed/ 2 By reader acclaim: Divorced man sues wedding photographer http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/by-reader-acclaim-divorced-man-sues-wedding-photographer/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/by-reader-acclaim-divorced-man-sues-wedding-photographer/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:06:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25515 “Although the marriage did not last, plaintiff’s fury over the quality of the photos and video continued on.” The photographer defendant thinks the demand for $48,000 to re-stage the wedding is a bit much, especially given that the former bride has thought to have returned to her native Latvia. [New York Times; Above the Law (groom's father is partner in big law firm)]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/by-reader-acclaim-divorced-man-sues-wedding-photographer/feed/ 1 Lawprof: D.C.’s 1:12 lawyer-resident ratio “not nearly enough” http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/lawprof-d-c-s-112-lawyer-resident-ratio-not-nearly-enough/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/lawprof-d-c-s-112-lawyer-resident-ratio-not-nearly-enough/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:15:33 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25440 One in twelve residents of the District of Columbia is an attorney, but if you think that seems ample, there are those who disagree:

“It sounds like a lot of lawyers, but it’s not nearly enough,” said Matthew Fraidin, a law professor at the University of the District of Columbia. “There are just an immense number of people who go unrepresented every year. The need for legal service attorneys has increased and the funding for them has decreased.”

I’m quoted in the piece too. [Brian Hughes, Washington Examiner]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/lawprof-d-c-s-112-lawyer-resident-ratio-not-nearly-enough/feed/ 5 Clifford Winston in NYT on deregulating lawyers http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/clifford-winston-in-nyt-on-deregulating-lawyers/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/clifford-winston-in-nyt-on-deregulating-lawyers/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:18:16 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25276 The Brookings scholar has an op-ed outlining his idea of deregulating entry to the legal profession, and I have a brief response up at Cato, drawing on my longer symposium response last month. Carolyn Elefant and Elie Mystal have somewhat different objections to Winston’s argument.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/clifford-winston-in-nyt-on-deregulating-lawyers/feed/ 5 Before hiring a criminal defense lawyer… http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/before-hiring-a-criminal-defense-lawyer/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/before-hiring-a-criminal-defense-lawyer/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:16:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24818 …consider this cautionary tale [Brian Tannebaum].

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/before-hiring-a-criminal-defense-lawyer/feed/ 3 Deregulating lawyers? Law schools? http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/deregulating-lawyers-law-schools/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/deregulating-lawyers-law-schools/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:34:40 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24708 Truth on the Market has a star-studded symposium on Clifford Winston’s and Robert Crandall’s proposals to deregulate access to the legal profession and legal training. I have decidedly mixed feelings about the former, while cheering the latter. Don’t miss the many other interesting contributions as well.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/deregulating-lawyers-law-schools/feed/ 0 “White shoe” law firms http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/white-shoe-law-firms/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/white-shoe-law-firms/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:45:07 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24505 Dave Zincavage looks into the Prep School origins of that footwear choice (& welcome Above the Law readers).

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/white-shoe-law-firms/feed/ 1 “Patent Bill Viewed as Bailout for a Law Firm” http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/patent-bill-viewed-as-bailout-for-a-law-firm/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/patent-bill-viewed-as-bailout-for-a-law-firm/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:32:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24480 Congress might provide a do-over for a drug firm that inadvertently missed filing for a patent extension by a day or two, and in so doing spare the prominent law firm WilmerHale a possible malpractice payout [Andrew Pollack, New York Times]

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