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In Shakespeare, to have a fool attending on you is generally a mark of distinction.
I serve as my own lawyer in Bangor District Court, but have a fool for a client.
WHEN a Realtor tries to sell his own house, does he have a fool for a client?
If you ask exterminators — excuse me, pest control professionals — getting rid of your own mice or rats is a bit like acting as your own lawyer; you can do it, they say, but you have a fool for a client.
Still, I have a fool's confidence that with a few pointers I can pick it all up.
If you act as your own defense attorney, you have a fool for a client.
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As they say, "A person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client".
Two agents invoked the adage that a man who represents himself has a fool for a client.
They invoke the old saying that he who has himself for a lawyer (or accountant) has a fool for a client.
Those who do it badly (and they are many) remind us of old professional mottos like "A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client".
But in many ways this sap has decided his own fate; he has already proved the adage that a person who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer.
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