Comments on: Where Goes Civility? http://www.khklaw.com/2010/07/12/where-goes-civility/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jaklein http://www.khklaw.com/2010/07/12/where-goes-civility/comment-page-1/#comment-616 jaklein Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:18:06 +0000 http://www.khklaw.com/?p=683#comment-616 We're interested in your stories of civility, or lack thereof, in today's practice, for a thorough article we're writing. Just today, I got a call from a lawyer in Los Angeles to whom I had never spoken before. He says he read my article. Great! Then he accuses me of unethical behavior. Says we engaged in misconduct when we permitted one party to a lawsuit we're not in to talk to one of our witnesses. My client isn't even in the lawsuit -- and one party (not his) merely asked to talk to my client. They could have asked, but never did. Just another example of lawyers acting out. We’re interested in your stories of civility, or lack thereof, in today’s practice, for a thorough article we’re writing.

Just today, I got a call from a lawyer in Los Angeles to whom I had never spoken before. He says he read my article. Great! Then he accuses me of unethical behavior. Says we engaged in misconduct when we permitted one party to a lawsuit we’re not in to talk to one of our witnesses. My client isn’t even in the lawsuit — and one party (not his) merely asked to talk to my client. They could have asked, but never did.

Just another example of lawyers acting out.

]]> By: Jonathan Klein http://www.khklaw.com/2010/07/12/where-goes-civility/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Jonathan Klein Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:23:30 +0000 http://www.khklaw.com/?p=683#comment-260 Further to my posting above, I was at a deposition yesterday that just had to be mentioned here. The lawyer for the defendant asks a question, and I asked to have it read back by the court reporter. The lawyer says "Answer the Question!", and will only permit read-backs where he "approves." He talks over my client's answers, and won't permit him to finish. He tells me I "disgust" him. Nice... Further to my posting above, I was at a deposition yesterday that just had to be mentioned here. The lawyer for the defendant asks a question, and I asked to have it read back by the court reporter. The lawyer says “Answer the Question!”, and will only permit read-backs where he “approves.”

He talks over my client’s answers, and won’t permit him to finish. He tells me I “disgust” him. Nice…

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