Do Attorneys have a Secret Code?

The law is a little more cut-and-dried than medicine. Presumably, a competent attorney will review the facts of your case and tell you whether you have a case.

Does it work that way in practice? I am not sure it always does. Some litigators are not interested in cases that would not give them enough of a margin in fees to make it “worth their while.”

No one is stopping you from getting another attorney. It happens all the time. It’s like shopping around for a good doctor. You need to feel confident with your attorney’s abilities and you must feel a certain rapport with him or her.

There’s no code.

My sister dated a Prosecutor. She was disgusted at the bar room talk between defense attorneys and prosecutors. She would even scream and say, “Don’t you realize you are talking about real peoples lives??”

They do have a secret code, in a way. It’s legalese—the convoluted form of English they have to adopt in their speech and writing to get by in the legal world. Like @Marina said (kind of), there are good ones and bad ones. A good one will go over the facts with you and make sure you understand your position. A bad one won’t. No one is stopping you from finding another attorney at any point.

I really think that to some extent, when it comes to prosecutors, no they really can’t think about people as people. In a way. Because they deal with so many people and so many cases that if they really did internalize they are more or less deciding people’s lives, they’d burn out so much faster.

But when defense attorneys see it as a game as well, well… It just makes me sick.

Yes, it is this.

$$$$$$$

Have you seen that tv show Raising th Bar? Hard for me to watch…I have no idea how realistic it is.

I work for a law firm…I personally don’t think they do. =)

They don’t prompt for you to get second opinions because they make sure that the legal advices they give are as accurate as possible…but then…they don’t stop you either from getting one if you doubt them.

They definitely have a secret demeanor between each other that is kept from their clients.

I dont think its a code but every professional is going to talk shop. That’s how attorneys do it. Not everyone can stomach it.