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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this should be it own thread, but since we have the Lawyers of DCUM gathered, I’ll ask:

Why do personal injury lawyers have such intense personal rivalries with other personal injury law firms?

I am thinking specifically of the Detroit area where the heads of the law firms trash talk each other in ads. They also take their vendettas to court. For example, one personal injury lawyer (Lawyer A) set up a sexual harassment claim against another (Lawyer B) at a restaurant. LB got accused by the waitress of groping her. The waitress turned out to be on the payroll at LA’s firm. LB then turned around and represented women who claimed they had been sexually harassed while working at LA’s law firm. Like..how do they have to actually practice law?? Does personal injury just attract crazies or what?[/quote]

I'd have to research specifics but I'd question the legal ethics of that situation.

When I was interning for a judge I saw this personal injury attorney attempt to do criminal defense in a murder case and it wasn't pretty.

You have to understand lawyers often get very very upset at sleazy lawyers.  I have a family member who is a prosecutor and she got furious when she saw this lawyer file the exact same post conviction motion over and over (immigration consequences) even though there was binding precedent against his argument and he lost every time.  He was charging clients hundreds of dollars a piece for these.  She reported him.[/quote]

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