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Incompetent Lawyers, Take Notice

Sherry cleans our home. She is a working lady, a nice lady, and she is going through a divorce with a man who stole her identity in order to make money illegally.

Two years ago Sherry retained a local attorney for $2,000, to handle the divorce.

Two years later, the attorney has done exactly zero for her. When I called the Dauphin County Prothonotary’s office this afternoon to determine the status of Sherry’s divorce proceedings, I was shocked to learn that “Attorney B” had literally done nothing but take her money. Making matters worse is the fact that every time she calls Attorney B to find out what he has done for her, he sends her a new bill. And then he does…nothing.

So here we go again: Loser man takes advantage of vulnerable woman. Only this time it’s the attorney who is supposed to represent her.

Naturally, as those of you who know me would expect, I called Attorney B’s office and breathed fire. Sadly, he wasn’t available to talk to me, and his assistant, Rita, a nice lady, had to listen to it. She also had to listen to Sherry, who broke down and cried on the phone. Sherry lost her home, her possessions, her credit rating to her thieving husband. Lawyer failure was the icing on the cake.

Refund Sherry’s money and withdraw as counsel, I demanded. Anything else, and I am coming after his law license. Committing legal malpractice is one thing. Committing fraud on a legal client is another thing altogether, and I will not stand by and let it happen.

Am I wrong?

And one more thing: This is what happens when guys like me do when we hear women like Sherry crying. We go nuts, in defense of them. In a combat situation, if I were to hear Sherry crying out in pain from a wound, my instinct to protect her would take over, or it would be in competition with my instinct to carry the fight forward to the enemy. For you proponents of women in mixed combat units, this is one of the main concerns out there. Men are naturally wired to protect and defend, and sometimes the best defense is a good offense. But rushing to someone’s defense can compromise that good offense and place the mission at risk.

Back to Attorney B: Take notice, you dirtball. Do the right thing, or your law license becomes my cause celebre. And note to your Of Counsel, Bill, whom I like: Do you want this to become an election issue? Get it solved, gentlemen.

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