Now here’s a post I wish I’d written: John Steele of the excellent new Legal Ethics Forum blog contrasts the attitude toward lawyers’ advertising of the highly dignified Henry S. Drinker of Philadelphia, author of the 1950s standard textbook Legal Ethics, with that of Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro, who starred in many manic TV ads to promote his ethically troubled and now-defunct Rochester personal injury practice (see Jun. 17-18, 2002, Dec. 5, 2003, and May 24, 2004). One big difference: Drinker would probably never have promised TV viewers to “rip out the hearts of [the defendants]” and “hand you their severed heads.” (Feb. 22, linking to this page on Rochester TV ads).
“Hand you their severed heads”
Now here’s a post I wish I’d written: John Steele of the excellent new Legal Ethics Forum blog contrasts the attitude toward lawyers’ advertising of the highly dignified Henry S. Drinker of Philadelphia, author of the 1950s standard textbook Legal Ethics, with that of Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro, who starred in many manic TV ads […]
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