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Enough footage of bad legal advice to disbar

posted 10 years ago by intrepidami
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If anybody wanted to get that guy disbarred, it wouldn't be hard. A judge just got through telling his client no drinking, and the first thing his lawyer does is take him to a bar? And tell him it's OK to go to bars? On camera. Here's a test, you get on a reality show and see how eager your lawyer is to have you film them telling you anything. Most lawyers don't even want to share criminal advice with a spouse or significant other present, let alone a viewing public.

This is like you lighting a fuse on a stick of dynamite and acting shocked when it goes off.

What real lawyer on Earth is going to be caught setting up his client for their next downfall, and their next legal fees?

[–] Catman_Scrothers 10 years ago

lol I thought that too, I was like you guys do know Discovery is filming everything.

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[–] intrepidami 10 years ago

I'm guessing if anybody really from Nome Alaska ever pops in here we're going to get a Tidal wave of stuff like "I've lived there all my life and know everybody, I've never seen this guy, or that one, that's not the local judge..." stuff like that.

Before anybody starts picking what I said apart, I didn't say that wasn't the local judge..just that it might not be..as an example. Maybe the local judge is an idiot who'd let's reality show camera people film his court for beer money, I don't know.

[–] kbarada 10 years ago

What real lawyer on Earth is going to be caught setting up his client for their next downfall, and their next legal fees?

I did a little research on life in Nome, and it is vastly different from anywhere in the lower 48. Drinking alcohol is not just a casual social convention, it is hard core. For a small town of under 4000 people, there are some 7 bars and 2 package stores. Public drunkenness and disorderly conduct is very common as are arrests for alcohol induced misbehavior. It is not unusual to have to step over passed out drunks in the middle of the day while walking the sidewalks.

I believe that the tolerance for alcohol abuse problems is very high in Nome and law enforcement and the judicial system is very lenient.

I think the judge ordered Zeke to not drink alcohol for one year. He did not order him to stay out of bars. The lawyer looks like he is a big lush anyway.

[–] BrexitNow 10 years ago

Percentages don't make sense buddy

[–] neerood 10 years ago

Having spent some time in Alaska I'll tell you what you saw was realistic.

Bars are fairly commonplace, and they typically house multiple side businesses under one roof. A bar could actually also be the main or only restaurant or laundry in a given town. That's why a judge would order him not to drink instead of ordering him not to set foot into a bar - it's not a realistic request.