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November 15th, 2007 at 12:11 am

“The tackiest lawyer advertisements of all time”

Norm Pattis makes a couple of nominations from the local crop he sees in Connecticut (Nov. 14). To me, at least, “Lady DUI” doesn’t sound as bad as Pattis’s choice for a “close second”, which

goes to a firm boasting that it can get every dime possible for you if you are injured. The lawyer intoning this commitment stands slapping baseball bat into an open hand. What does he do, beat the adjuster to death for an extra dollar or two?

In baseball; chasing clients; Connecticut

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