2007-06-21 09:55:21 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
There are several reasons.
First; for most people, the closest that they have ever come to a lawyer is the Hollywood version. The slimy creatures who will pull any trick to win a few bucks. You have to admit that TV/movie lawyers are mostly portrayed as nasty people.
Second; for a lot of people the only time they have any contact with a lawyer is when they are in trouble, or trying to save their assets.
Another is that most politicians are lawyers, and who can trust a politician?
A major reason are the true scumbags out there. Ambulance chasing weasels like my uncle. When my grandmother died, we couldn't afford to fly my mother home for the funeral (we were military stationed overseas). Her two brothers went to grandmother's house and took down a chandelier, sold it, and got Mom home for the funeral. Enter her brother-in-law the lawyer. He took her aside at the funeral and berated her for what happened, then forced her to sign a contract stating that she would pay the estate back for the chandelier. A real son of a booger (ya thought I was gonna use the other B word didn't ya?). Had my Dad been with her the weasel would have been neutered!
So in conclusion, there could be a thousand good lawyers out there (and I'm sure there are!), but it only takes one sleazeball to tarnish the image of all lawyers.
2007-06-21 10:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by SpaceMonkey67 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the sleazy ones are the high profile ones. The media isn't interested in what the good/honest attorneys are doing. We only hear about the creeps like the ones that defend OJ, Michael Jackson, etc.
2007-06-21 10:12:56 · answer #2 · answered by Dee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the few that do the "bad" stuff give the dirty image of a lawyer. like in a class at school, not every body in the room is messing arround and the teacher complains the whole class gets the bad reputation.
2007-06-21 10:00:12 · answer #3 · answered by mattromc 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-02 21:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's the defense attorneys Who make millions defending the guilty and winning (aka OJ's lawyer)
2007-06-21 09:58:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lawyers are Humans some are good and some are bad
2007-06-21 09:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by Mag 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Isn't that an oxy moron - saying good, honest and lawyer in the same sentence??
2007-06-21 09:58:29 · answer #7 · answered by hotmomma 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spoken like a lawyer...
2007-06-21 09:59:58 · answer #8 · answered by Mr 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cuse they lie and cuse they help get people who should do time off with court its all about who can tell a lie or what not to convince someone else its true. Its like a poker face you dont have crap in your hand but you act like you do.
2007-06-21 10:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by Georgia B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because people tend to generalize - I don't think lawyers are dishonest. I Do think that there is a little bit of everything
2007-06-21 09:59:00 · answer #10 · answered by If the mask fits... 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋