▲ 247 ▼ Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wagesj45@kbin.run 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can always claim you represented "former presidents of the United States" without having to say it's Donald Trump or that you lost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Not really. Most people would follow up with “which one? Can I call them for references?” The reality is that losing a court case isn’t always a “loss” from the lawyer’s perspective. If your client is guilty, sometimes the win condition is getting a lighter-than-otherwise sentencing or judgement, for example. But working for trump is stupid. 1) everyone knows he’s guilty, 2) when he loses- and he’s going to be losing ALOT- he’s going to blame shitty lawyers, 3) the kind of “exposure” he provides actually terrible. 4) he doesn’t pay his bills. Edit: 5) the job is gonna take a shit ton of hours, and 6) you’ll have to get your own lawyer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I think we've seen many times now from the people defending Trump (and other situations) that you don't have to be smart to pass the bar exam. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Not really. Most people would follow up with “which one? Can I call them for references?” The reality is that losing a court case isn’t always a “loss” from the lawyer’s perspective. If your client is guilty, sometimes the win condition is getting a lighter-than-otherwise sentencing or judgement, for example. But working for trump is stupid. 1) everyone knows he’s guilty, 2) when he loses- and he’s going to be losing ALOT- he’s going to blame shitty lawyers, 3) the kind of “exposure” he provides actually terrible. 4) he doesn’t pay his bills. Edit: 5) the job is gonna take a shit ton of hours, and 6) you’ll have to get your own lawyer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I think we've seen many times now from the people defending Trump (and other situations) that you don't have to be smart to pass the bar exam. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I think we've seen many times now from the people defending Trump (and other situations) that you don't have to be smart to pass the bar exam. permalink fedilink source parent