Tuesday, October 23, 2012
'Ethical blindness': Do bad lawyers know they're bad lawyers?
Do crappy defense lawyers understand they're providing crappy services to their clients? Perhaps not, according to this academic paper.which argues that, according to the abstract, "defense lawyers will tend to be 'ethically blind' to their
own poor performance. Concluding that lawyers who suffer from ethical
blindness cannot be expected to improve the quality of legal
representation on their own, [the paper] recommends ways to reduce psychological
barriers to competent representation that have proven successful in
other contexts." Grits suspects that's probably true on both sides of the bar.
"True on both sides of the bar."
ReplyDelete...And the bench.
Rage
Do bad lawyers ever get punished? Never...
ReplyDeleteHey Grits, thanks for asking. While Rage has correctly included the third ring of the circus or third rail of the railroad, allow me to throw a monkey wrench in the mix.
ReplyDeleteSince it's a slow day in this GFB Comment section I'm going the distance. Folks, hold on to your hats this is a real life believe it or not. The Law (Courts) allows the non-CDL to dabble in the criminal defense niche. I know, WTF? How come no one of any importance every talks about this in relation to bad lawyers? If this isn’t the worst form of the disease aka: “Ethical blindness” I don’t know what is. If no one can connect the dots regarding the over whelming utilization of anyone with a degree & the 90% plus TapOut rate, here’s your chance.
Divorce & Will specialist having absolutely no criminal defense experience whatsoever can; refer to themselves as CDLs, be referred by others as CDLs, consult with the families of inmates charged with crimes, quote fees to take it to a felony jury trial, take down payments or collateral, file fake pre-trial Discovery Motions 30 days prior to actual trial date (knowing that the court will ignore & not AGREE or DENY them), AND (knowing that they will not be recorded or time stamped by the clerk of court), spend the entire lunch recess going through the reasons’ why the defendant should stop the trial and Plea Bargain.
Heaven have mercy on the poor bastards that are on Probation at time of arrest on a new unrelated charge for the final reason will be 100% Deception. One faker & shaker and professional dabbler (Mr. Daniel R. Jackson) told (advised) me in his final attempt - “take the plea, you are going to prison just for being on probation at time of arrest, Guilty or Not.” If ones ‘hired’ defense teams up with the rogue ADA (Mr. Casey J. O’Brien) & the dishonorable Judge (Mr. Hearn) allowed it, you get fake justice due to bad lawyers' and the taxpayers’ blindly pick up the tab. The Jury could care less because they are cut loose, clueless and home by the time they cross out Not Guilty and write Nolo Contendere above it. Rinse & Repeat. Thanks.
Note: in this F-Story situation seeking post conviction relief will simply be busy work but in reality - it aint happening. You are not appealing anything. So the next best thing is to share the event & names with the public at large in an effort to prevent “Ethical blindness” from spreading. You can always hope & pray your family hires a Real CDL with 20/20.
That's plain-ol obfuscation, Griffith. I'd say "and you know it," but maybe you're having a little blindness...
ReplyDeleteRage
It's time we chunked a rock at these defense lawyers.
ReplyDeleteof course every human being know about him self.
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