are all lawyers evil,greedy,no good leaches?

Answer 1

absolutely not.
it's just that we rarely hear of the good deeds many of them perform.

Answer 2

There is this defense lawyer down in Florida. He came upon the case of this young kid who had been charged with robbery and murder of an old lady. The lady's husband was an eye witness and said he "knew" it was this kid.
The kid hadn't even been anywhere near the hotel where the couple had been attacked, but the cops were lax on their job and basically took this poor kid out into the woods and beat a confession out of him.
When it was taken to court, the lawyer did all the crime investigations that the cops were supposed to do, but didn't because they had an eye witness and a confession.
Well, to make a long story short, the lawyer not only proved the kid was innocent in what was one of the best displays of wit I've ever seen, he also proved the kid had been coerced into a confession, and that the cops had not done their job.
There's a documentary on the case called "Murder on a Sunday Morning" , it was really something- so no, not all lawyers are evil greedy and no good.

Answer 3

As in all professions, there are evil, greedy and bad practitioners. I would say that it's no different in lawyering as it is in politicians, doctors, cops, judges, teachers, counselors and engineers.

I know if one does run into one, you tend to take that personal knowledge and experience and make a generalization about the entire profession, However, that is not fair to paint the entire profession. They do a lot of good in the world.

No, I am not an attorney; I'm a teacher.

Answer 4

Since lawyers are pretty much doing what their clients ask them to do, that would make all the clients evil, greedy, no good leaches too....

What prompts your question? Getting divorced?

Answer 5

No. I don't think so.
Are all brick layers evil, greedy no-good leaches?
The difference is in the salary, not in the morals.
When somebody makes more than me, he must be a greedy swindler.
When somebody makes less than me he must be a lazy bum.
So then the epitome of what is good becomes me.

Answer 6

No, not all of them - but enough to give the profession a bad name. For my divorce, I had a Legal Aid attorney who was very competent, worked very hard, was ethical, honest, and cared. My ex had a $250 an hour slimeball who was a total snake, no ethics, dishonest, perjurous, sarcastic, and generally creepy. Even the court clerks said he gave them the heebie-jeebies.

Unrelated to this, I've known lawyers who I would recommend highly, and others who should have had their licenses pulled and charges filed for legal malpractice. More bad ones than good ones.

Answer 7

A. What is so funny about a bus colliding & falling down a cliff?? B. What do u call a failed politician?? answers A. the bus was full of lawyers. B. A lawyer.

Answer 8

everyone thinks they are leeches till they favor one. Who will you call if the playground kit collapsed, and the city or college (or whoever is responsible of protecting it) claims it isn't their fault and they don't seem paying? There are some small handful that are "leeches", yet they're a minority. regrettably, those are the purely ones human beings hear about, so that they get the effect that each and every one attorneys are this way.

Answer 9

Of course not. Some are genuinely interested in helping others, and do a lot of pro bono work to give back to the community

Answer 10

Nope!
My husband is an extremely compassionate person, and he does a lot of Pro Bono (free) work.
He mostly practices in tax Court, but we have done the occasional divorce, 1983 action, and even one criminal case (shudder).

Answer 11

Not all. At least most. Trial lawyers are at 90% minimum.