Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Saturday, August 19, 2006 2:25:54 AM
This is a blog whose primary subject will be legal ethics reform and other reforms. Many conservatives promote what they call "tort reform" and rail against "activist judges." They decry Kelo and other outrages, but as far as this author can see, no one is suggesting a workable solution.
If the legal profession has one vulnerability, it is its ethics rules and enforcement thereof. Whomever makes the rules and enforces and controls them controls tort reform. There can be no tort reform without ethics reform. Ethics reform is tort reform. Conservatives who only promote "tort reform" and getting rid of "activist judges" will never solve the problem.
Activist judges started their career as activist lawyers. It should be a simple matter to rid the legal community of activist lawyers and eventually of activist judges if we have a legal ethics system that is actively enforced.
My experience is that most people, including lawyers do not understand how the legal ethics system works. They also do not understand how the law works, and just how easy it is to scam the system. Lawyers who would like to practice more effective, if totally unethical law, should check this site often because I will be conducting classes. I have learned from a couple of masters!
I do invite, but I reserve the right not to publish contrary views on my perception of the legal ethics system. Perception, after all, is reality.
You will see a little humor, some politics, an occasional trivia question, and other stuff to break the boredom.
This is not a Beauprez (Colorado Governor Candidate) site, though I am working hard to see Bob elected. It is extremely doubtful that he would know who I am, though one or two folks on his staff might recognize my name. I am a pretty low level volunteer. I shred paper, lick stamps, and make an occasional phone call. This Monday, I will be walking a precinct. There are people all over Colorado doing exactly what I am doing-they just don't have blogs.
This is my site, not his, and his staff hasn't seen or approved its content. They are free to buy into what I propose or distance themselves from me, as they wish.
People who want the legal system fixed are well advised to elect Republican Governors. Here in Colorado, the legal ethics system was designed by supreme court justices appointed by Democratic Governors who were also lawyers. It is not designed to protect the public from unethical lawyers. It is designed to protect unethical lawyers from the public and does that job with great efficiency as readers will discover.
Trial Lawyer Ritter has no incentive to fix the problem.
It's late and I am just learning the system. I have a few more admin issues to cover before I get to the meat of this blog. Goodnight and welcome!