'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.
A lawyer who makes an impression as credible, competent, and civil is one whose thoughts I'll take seriously.
You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management.
We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe that someone isn't as good as they are.
I was taught that a lawyer was supposed to be a custodian of the community's legal and ethical sense.
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
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