tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post6850952242214897026..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: Did Debt Collectors Help Cheat Me Out of My Job at UAB?legalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-66395183365386032012012-04-23T16:54:59.693-05:002012-04-23T16:54:59.693-05:00Ah, you lawyers, always trying to protect the trib...Ah, you lawyers, always trying to protect the tribe. I love it. Perhaps you are a newcomer, but I have written in numerous posts that my wife was over 40 and female, while a number of her male/younger coworkers were allowed to work flex schedules and could be as tardy as they wanted, with no repercussions. That is discrimination, via age and gender. Also, her lawsuit alleges that she was terminated because she was to testify in a legal case, and that is not lawful. Keep trying, but I know the law better than you.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-90400538489398817362012-04-23T16:46:51.713-05:002012-04-23T16:46:51.713-05:00You are a moron. You say in this article that you...You are a moron. You say in this article that your wife was unlawfully terminated. However, in a previous post, you say she was terminated because she was accused of being tardy and absent. Even if she was never tardy or absent, and that was the excuse her employer used to fire her, that would not be unlawful. An Alabama employer can fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all, as long as the reason is non-discriminating. Maybe you should go to law school before adding "Legal" to your name, Schnauzer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-14492647155686318062010-04-24T04:13:32.531-05:002010-04-24T04:13:32.531-05:00I can't name the firms or my source, but when ...I can't name the firms or my source, but when wireless Internet was brand new back in the early 2000s, the staff of a major law firm in Montgomery was caught accessing and downloading the confidential files of a competitor over an unsecured wireless network. At first, Judge Price's staff wrote off the suspicions by assuming the two firms were just copying from the same Westlaw forms CD and that was the explanation for why the fonts, formatting and much of the legaleese in their pleadings were virtually identical. Then, one of their legal assistants was struggling to meet a deadline and she forgot to remove some of the client specific facts and even the other firm's mailing address on a pleading. Her lawyer supervisor put his "John Henry" in the signature block without proofing the document and he submitted it for filing and public inspection. At that point, The State Bar became involved. What's even more shocking is that at about the same time The Attorney General's Office under Bill Pryor also had an unsecured wireless network. When I worked for the state back in 2003-2004, you could park your car in front of The State House and get into some of the Attorney General's files. They secured all the state's computers not long after that.Robby Scott Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625575128616865817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-61812317181848351942010-04-24T01:36:09.415-05:002010-04-24T01:36:09.415-05:00Roger: Take a look at this:
http://www.nytimes.c...Roger: Take a look at this: <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/business/24collection.html?hpw<br /><br />Then contact someone at the Trial Lawyers Association like Ken Suggs or somebody like Ron Motley whose firms can get you to the right person who will bring the appropriate RICO action or something similar. And quit talking about this on your blog. I can see that you're putting out some information to get some folks talking on the phone but for goodness sake, unless you know who's getting all that info down for to eventually make yourself a national celebrity with a big wallet, just get the a good lawyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-19245846393398585502010-04-23T17:23:54.842-05:002010-04-23T17:23:54.842-05:00I am sorry about what happened to you. I can attes...I am sorry about what happened to you. I can attest to appalling debt collection behavior, as I remain astonished and debilitated because of SAVAGE, PRIVACY INVASIVE and DISHONEST conduct of debt collectors and foreclosure mills. Primarily, I also tell my story in hopes that debt collection and judicial collusion reforms will occur. I AM CERTAIN THAT, whether or not a person owes a debt or defaults in payments, it is not against the law to owe a debt, but it is against the law to collect a debt in an unlawful manner. It is SO UNFORTUNATE that lawmakers disregard the devastation that misuse of authority to collect debt --along with judicial collusion-- imposes on scores of people's lives. I tell my story: "Some Home Foreclosures are Actually Disguised Real Estate Extortions, " because debt collection has caused me debilitating harms. I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.Barbara Ann Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744141982092489224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-60318555782222296472010-04-23T11:40:37.616-05:002010-04-23T11:40:37.616-05:00Rob:
An ethics teachers helped his students cheat ...Rob:<br />An ethics teachers helped his students cheat on tests? That's a classic. And why am I not surprised that lawyers would try to blame their ethics violations on non-lawyer employees. You and I need to write a book someday about what really goes on in Alabama law firms. I would love to write an insider's story about a place like Haskell Slaughter or Bradley Arant. And God only knows what some of these smaller renegade firms actually pull.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-3354234567285149442010-04-23T11:12:38.579-05:002010-04-23T11:12:38.579-05:00Funny you should ask Roger. Professor Henry Fowler...Funny you should ask Roger. Professor Henry Fowler, the Alabama Lawyer who would become a Staff Attorney for Associate Justice Tom Parker of The Alabama Supreme Court was my Ethics Professor. He actually gave us the answers to the final exam. We had weekly take home quizzes every week before the final exam and Dr. Fowler gave you the answers to the weekly quiz during the following class meeting. Every question on the final exam was taken from the weekly quizzes. Almost everybody got an A in Ethics. If you didn't, it was because you had a bad memory. As you have seen, the Ethics rules are only enforced against the people they want to get rid of. The unfortunate outcome of the adoption of the ethics rules is that they teach lawyers to become even more creative at bending the rules. Lawyers tend to find ways to blame their non-attorney employees with their violations of the rules. It's more cost effective to fire a minimum wage employee than it is to get suspended and lose your ability to bill attorney fees for a year. One lawyer whom I used to work for intentionally kept a convicted felon on the payroll and he made that person do the books so he would have somebody to blame if the client trust account didn't balance.Robby Scott Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625575128616865817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-58303598226122041602010-04-22T22:06:01.448-05:002010-04-22T22:06:01.448-05:00Go get 'em, Mr. and Mrs. Schnauzer!Go get 'em, Mr. and Mrs. Schnauzer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-21200332825722640612010-04-22T21:33:44.183-05:002010-04-22T21:33:44.183-05:00You can count on it.You can count on it.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-60345790707586966022010-04-22T21:23:52.858-05:002010-04-22T21:23:52.858-05:00Is Mrs. Schnauzer going to sue Infinity for her un...Is Mrs. Schnauzer going to sue Infinity for her unlawful termination?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-64859116287265268072010-04-22T10:06:34.791-05:002010-04-22T10:06:34.791-05:00Funny stuff, Rob. Thanks for sharing.
You've...Funny stuff, Rob. Thanks for sharing. <br /><br />You've probably taken a legal ethics class or two. Do people just sleep through those classes? I've seen no evidence that lawyers have a clue about ethics. I'm sure those classes present all kinds of high-minded ideals, but I'm not sure I've seen anyone who actually puts them into practice.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-28116159140288111832010-04-22T04:49:36.703-05:002010-04-22T04:49:36.703-05:00Lawyers and government officials trade everything ...Lawyers and government officials trade everything they have. <br /><br />This reminds me of the negotiations between The Motion Picture Association of America & the attorneys for Eddie Murphy over the ratings for "RAW" which was going to be rated XXX. That was before Eddie Murphy's lawyers got the rating reduced to R by trading some of his very sexually explicit language and body part grabs for less offensive words and hand gestures. The Lawyers would propose stuff like, "I'll trade you a crotch grab for an f-word." Eddie Murphy would break in, "No, no, no! I need that that crotch grab! So, take that f-word back, but I'll tell you what: in the next part of the routine, I'll give you two n-words for an f-word.<br /><br />All manner of things get traded during legal negotiations and it's hardly ever the parties to the dispute who get the best deals.Robby Scott Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08625575128616865817noreply@blogger.com