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Is it even POSSIBLE in real life that a lawyer who has worked for a long time...

posted a year ago by TheMan18 (12697)
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... would NEVER lose even a SINGLE case? Like Keanu Reeves' character Kevin Lomax in this movie?

Granted, SPOILER ALERT, we ultimately realize it is because he is actually part-supernatural being (if this movie really IS to be taken literally and (or is it or?) at face value and not entirely metaphorically and that its not all in his head either) who is the Son of Satan himself, but still...

Has that ever happened? That a lawyer who worked for many years on tens of his cases was so good or determined that he literally NEVER lost a case? Cheers.

[–] sonans (1305) a year ago

I just ask ChapGPT, even it doesn't know the answer.

[–] TheMan18 (12697) a year ago

I guess that at best, its highly unlikely. I am sure that even the best lawyers who work on more than 20 cases or so at least eventually lose at least a few times.

[–] stickman38 (3036) a year ago

Depends on what you mean by "lose". Some attorneys will settle out of court. I wouldn't exactly call that a loss but it kind of is. As far trial attorneys that have never lost in court, that's hard to say.

However, there are in fact some lawyers that apparently have never lost a court case or have very good records...

Here's an interesting article on it with their names included -

http://www.yurtopic.com/society/legal/best-legal-counsel.php

Also, an attorney by the name of Gerry Spence has, according to some, never lost a criminal case since 1969 -

https://benchlaws.com/is-there-a-lawyer-who-never-lost-a-case/