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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have known a group of Mormon lawyers for almost a decade and not one has ever gossiped, shirked work, boasted, been caught in a lie, or lost their temper to my knowledge.  I have been to their houses, met their wives, worked closely with them on miserable cases with long days, late nights, and awful colleagues.  I have seen them each under extreme pressure and in unfair situations.  Yet, they have been unfailingly kind, patient, calm, and good.

How is this possible?

There is literally no one else I have ever known who has kept up such exemplary behavior for even a week.  Not even other religious people I know (who profess to have the "joy of the Lord" and other such nonsense, but are worse than most athiests and agnostics who profess no such moral standards).

I don't have a religious bone in my body, but I would love to learn how to maintain such exemplary behavior.  I would also love to teach it to my kids.[/quote]

[b]Hmm. Your standards seem low, depending on what kind of pressure you're talking about. Most of my attorney colleagues, myself included, fit the bill you[/b]
 described.[/quote]

My experience has been like OP's but only to a certain degree.  Superficially very nice, but I've noticed that a lot of Mormon lawyers seem to carry the "Rules don't apply to me" attitude because, after all, they are going to be a God one day with many wives and have their own planet.  So while they are very nice up front, it is only later that I find out that they lied on their bar application or that they have been disbarred from three states.  I see them cut rules right and left.  On the Mormon side of my family I see the same attitude ("I hold the priesthood") when it comes to paying taxes (default), driving (recklessly), paying speeding tickets, gambling, and paying alimony and child support (not) to non-Mormon ex-wife.  They definitely protect their own.[/quote]

Disbarment is very rare, as is public disclosure of a bar application lie. Hard to believe you know multiple people, specifically Mormons, who are guilty of those things.[/quote]

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