Lawyers First, Clients Second?

Query: Is the local bar in your jurisdiction reflect (1) a “clients’ town” or (2) a “lawyers’ town”? The latter, the most common, is the culture where lawyer clubbiness, lawyer schedules and lawyer convenience trumps aggressive representation of clients, usually under the ruse of “professionalism”. Professionalism is a silly movement which might have been a good thing but instead transformed lawyering into a cavalier disregard for clients. In lawyer towns, even judges and bar leaders have trouble getting it. Clients are, after all, main event. Two lawyer towns, like it or not: Washington, DC and NYC. There are others. Help WAC? fight lawyer-centric conduct and low standards in lawyering. Read this article