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Wednesday, March 03, 2004Since then, I have received no fewer than 15 solicitations from local and Cleveland-based lawyers pressing, asking, pleading for me to allow them to represent me in personal-injury litigation -- all telling me this is an ``advertisement'' and not a solicitation. (They all emphasize that they only get paid when I receive settlement funds). They yell in highlighted pre-packaged glossy advertisements, ``Don't sign anything until you talk to an attorney!'' My favorite was from a handsome, young-looking attorney with his big smile pictured on his business card. He related his experience of not seeing a doctor after an accident when he was 16 years old, and how he's had terrible back and neck pain ever since. Wow, what a warning to me! ....Where is the dignity and ethics that have long been espoused by the legal profession? Do lawyers not monitor their peers to prevent such unethical and intrusive marketing efforts? I've never experienced such an onslaught of unwarranted solicitations by any group that professes to be professional and reputable. I've always been opposed to legislative tort reform, but after receiving the law firms' junk mail as a result of my very minor accident, I may need to rethink my position. "Do lawyers not monitor their peers?" No, they don't. And they'll parse the words of the law to defend their right to solicit cases. posted by Sydney on 3/03/2004 07:24:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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