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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael Avenatti has opted to represent himself in his Stormy case.
He should ask Ted Bundy how representing himself worked out. Oh wait, it didn't.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-fires-his-lawyers-and-will-cross-examine-stormy-daniels-himself
Response to allegorical oracle (Original post)
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allegorical oracle
(2,357 posts)all I could think was, "If this guy walked on the beach, he wouldn't leave footprints -- he'd leave a silvery slime trail."
nycbos
(6,039 posts)... if you represent yourself you have a fool for a client.
intrepidity
(7,339 posts)Not sure I see what's wrong with a trained attorney using his knowledge and experience for himself, despite the "common wisdom" about representing oneself.
Ocelot II
(115,875 posts)when your own ass is on the line you can't be objective enough to see the weaknesses in your own case and you will do dumb and desperate things. Even lawyers are people. Ted Bundy had attended law school for a year and knew just enough to screw up his own case.
allegorical oracle
(2,357 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,628 posts)Ocelot II
(115,875 posts)But he's so sleazy and so unlikely to pay his bills that he probably couldn't hire a real lawyer anyhow. He'd consider it too much of a comedown to be represented by a public defender; and public defenders don't get paid enough to have to deal with asshats like him - the usual collection of drug dealers and mobsters would be more preferable clients because they'd at least listen to the legal advice being offered.
Shermann
(7,451 posts)Ocelot II
(115,875 posts)from which no intelligence or competence can escape.
Joinfortmill
(14,473 posts)Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)dchill
(38,550 posts)Never mind.
ForgedCrank
(1,782 posts)this guy was tossed in jail a couple of years ago?
no_hypocrisy
(46,215 posts)And it for parking illegally on the wrong side of the alternate-side-of-the-street during a blizzard. It was an easy win.
I wouldn't try this yourself Michael. If you lose, will you sue yourself for legal malpractice?