How To Hire An Honest Lawyer ...and Other Oxymorons
Editorial Reviews
Sid Ascher, Sid Ascher's World, The Current, December 27, 1996
I don't know if many lawyers have a sense of humor, but those who do will enjoy the book "How to Hire a Honest Lawyer and other Oxymorons" by Mel S. Martin. Martin is a successful attorney in the Salt Lake City area where he has practiced law for more than 20 years. His book is a meaningful hilarious guide to selecting an attorney.
He observes, "If you can't laugh at lawyers, who can you laugh at?" Don't dare hire an attorney before you read this valuable book. It covers numerous aspects, including ways of testing a lawyer, and is able to combine humor with sensible guidelines. Martin's comments regarding an attorney who guarantees success is a gem in jurisprudence. His Glossary is too good to miss so here is a sample: Lawyer: A professional person who couldn't get into medical school. Tort: A wrong that consists of a breach of duty rather than a breach of contract; also a French pastry. Retainer: Something worn by the attorney's kids to keep their teeth straight. Stay: When a judge wants to suspend action, he orders a stay; a command given to pets and teenagers to accelerate action. There are many more.
How to Hire an Honest Lawyer makes it easy to choose the best attorney for your particular problem without having the attorney become your problem. The volume is also an ideal gift, even for lawyers.
Book Description
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." So says Dick in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part II, as he and Cade daydream of making a perfect kingdom. Even as early as 1590 lawyer bashing was a common pastime. Attorney Mel Martin has raised lawyer defamation to a fine art in How to Hire an Honest Lawyer ... and Other Oxymorons. This is a genuinely funny book.
Martin has succeeded in providing a primer filled with tongue-in-cheek humor and wry observations about the law, the people who practice it, and those who need legal services. How to Hire an Honest Lawyer provides plenty of material for the novice basher to use when he or she feels out of place at the next cocktail or dinner party. After all, when everyone else is trading horror stories about divorce, bankruptcy, and the schemes of the attorneys hired to save their collective hides, a hapless non-litigant needs to hold up one end of the conversation.
But How to Hire an Honest Lawyer... and other Oxymorons is not a simple joke book. Throughout every chapter Martin gives judicious advice. Among his quips and razor-wit descriptions of attorneys, paralegals and legal secretaries, are cogent suggestions for evaluating lawyers, determining the seriousness of cases, and coping with the long process of litigation. The author may take great pleasure in poking fun at the whole judicial system, but he clearly respects the law. Readers will gain important insights and perspectives while laughing through this hilarious guide to the vagaries of choosing the elusive "honest attorney."
How To Hire An Honest Lawyer ...and Other Oxymorons
How To Hire An Honest Lawyer ...and Other Oxymorons,Mel S. Martin,Witty Books,0964295105,General,Law / General,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Lawyers,Lawyers & Criminals,Satire
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