Re: Holistic Lawyers

From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Jul 27 07:18:10 2004


Some observations from one of America's most famous lawyers ...

"...Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser -- in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket? A moral tone ought to be infused into the profession which should drive such men out of it.

...There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is common, almost universal. Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation, rather than one in the choosing of which you do, in advance, consent to be a knave."

A Lincoln Notes for a Law Lecture, 1850 http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/lawlect.htm

art

At Mon, 26 Jul 2004, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: >
>In a message dated 7/26/04 10:58:14, evsono@pipeline.com writes:
>
>> Paul Harvey news just featured a story about lawyers as healers -
>> looking for resolution rather than loopholes...
>>
>The new "alternative dispute resolution" philosophy (ADR), where
>lawyers/courts try to do more mediation and arbitration, puts a different spin on the We
>vs. They scenario. Instead of a win/lose, see how much of the pie we can get
>philosophy, ADR tries to put it in a win/win philosophy of how can we both get
>something of interest, instead of simply fighting for a piece of the pie.
>
>Joe P.

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art fougner, md
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