Humble Lawyer Bashing - very little audi content

[Jason Aamodt <Jason-aamodt@utulsa.edu>]

Fellow listers and lawyers,

With highest regards and utmost respect to all lawyers who may or may not
drive audis - 

I think that we should all enjoy good laywer jokes and snipes.  It keeps us
(lawyers) humble, which is something all of us (lawyers or not) find
difficult to be. Humble is an attitude that we should strive to practice
even if it doesn't relate to our cars.  No license is required!

Jason B. Aamodt, Esq.

1989 5kq - years of faithful service

At 09:53 AM 1/15/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Fellow Audians;
>
>I'm a quattro driving lawyer who's been associated with the
>Q-List for several years.  I fail to understand the purpose of
>pithy, overbroad, generalizations that attack any one group of
>people. (Do we really allow lawyers to read the Q-list?  I did
>not think they were intelligent enough to appreciate quattros."
>"Aren't they required by their ethical judiciary oath to drive
>BMW?" "PS  Oh yeah,  I get it.  Lawyers don't have an ethical
>oath.").  Unfortunately, this thoughtless drivel requires a
>response.
>
>For the record, in our law firm, there are three Q-Drivers
>(5000TQ, 200TQA, A4Q) and two BMW's (750 & 528).
>
>As far as intelligence is concerned, most lawyer's I've been
>associated with graduated from the top of their high school,
>college, and law school classes.  I've found them to be highly
>intelligent, interesting and thoughtful people.
>
>The practice of law is one of the few professions that requires
>an ethical oath.  There is an ethics section on most bar exams
>and in my state (Washington) if you flunk the ethics section you
>do not practice until you pass it. Moreover, every year we are
>required to take continuing legal education courses that include
>ethics credits.  Sure, I've known some lawyers who's ethics I'd
>question, but the vast majority of lawyers I know are highly
>ethical.  Most legal community are "small."  If a lawyer proves
>to be unethical, word gets around fairly quickly and it's only a
>matter of time before their reputation amongst judges, potential
>clients, and their peer group, is mud.  The practice of law
>becomes very difficult and it's seemingly only a matter of time
>before these lawyers are hauled before the state bar disciplinary
>committee to face disbarment.  Thus, law is one of the few
>professions where unethical behavior can cause you to lose your
>career. (Ever heard of an unethical plumber, car mechanic, or
>appliance repair person losing their license?).
>
>Unkind comments, based upon race, religion, sex, culture,
>profession, the kind of car one drives, and so forth, does
>nothing to forward the Q-List.
>
>Greg Johnson
>'91 200 TQA
>
>