I know that good lawyers exist--but even good lawyers cannot afford to represent relatively indigent battered mothers pro bono for anywhere from 4 to 10 or 15 years.
The American notion of defense lawyers does not exist in Afghanistan, where defense lawyers traditionally played the role of middleman between the accused and the prosecutors and judge.
But fair or not, the criticism of the SEC's so-called defense lawyer mentality exists.
The jokes never get better than the title of the Married Balladeer's hit, "Every Time You Go Away (I Watch Porn)." Jayne Brooke blandly plays his wife, a lawyer who exists as a foil for Josh.
The language used by Wildstein's lawyer — "evidence exists … tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures" — was very vague, and most of the letter he sent, addressed to the Port Authority, was taken up with a dispute over who should pay Wildstein's legal fees.
An owner must submit evidence to the planning commission that significant safety issues exist, the lawyers wrote, a public hearing must take place, and the borough president and community board must be notified.
And as long as no procedural issue arises during trial — which is extremely rare once an insurance company offers six figures to settle — the one certainty that does exist, most lawyers interviewed said, is the award of lifetime medical care for legitimate injuries.
The dirty secret of the mess is that without lawyers few scandals would exist, and fewer still would last long enough to cause any real harm.
"This court cannot proceed to impose a life sentence upon Mr. Vader for an offence that does not exist," his lawyers wrote in a brief.
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