Comments on: Introduce-yourself thread

By: Rob Bray

Rob Bray — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:20:51 +0000

I’ve been reading this for several years.

Partly for the laffs, partly for the outrage.

I’m Canadian, I work in refugee resettlement, an area with many laffs and outrages of its own. I suppose I am rather to the left of most of your readers, but I find it comforting that all of us can agree on this much at least.

By: P. K. Scott

P. K. Scott — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:13:33 +0000

I am statistician who works for an environmental consulting firm that specializes in litigation support for defense for toxic tort and product liability litigation. Overlawyered was one of the first blogs I started to read in 2004 and now Overlawyered and PointofLaw are two of the go-to blogs in my Bloglines newsreader.

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:35:03 +0000

Just another Walter.

By: Mike Ford

Mike Ford — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:41:28 +0000

Hey… I am a former Electrical/Mechanical Engineer turned Grocery Retailer and have been reading this site regularly for over a year now. Being in retail, I have been the target of a few ‘frivolous’ lawsuits myself and somehow take comfort in reading how others suffer similar fates. I look forward to a time when websites such as this can inflame the public opinion to a point where the legislative system actually pays attention and implements some sort of ‘loser pays’ court system.

Thanks and keep up the great work!

By: Overlawyered

Overlawyered — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:35:50 +0000

Alito nomination open thread

We haven’t posted much here on the Supreme Court battle (although Point of Law has had a lot) but here’s a thread for regular readers who may wish to opine one way or the other…

By: Nathan S. Lord

Nathan S. Lord — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:29:17 +0000

Though I have no website or blog, I have made comments or sent items to Overlawyered. I am an Emeritus Professor at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville (the word order in the title is one that the people who gave me that title used). I have known and worked with some excellent plaintiffs’ lawyers and some excellent civil defense lawyers. My gripe is usually with jurors whose knowledge of how the economic world works is pathetically weak. I do not think highly of people who are generous with other peoples’ money, not their own. Allowing juries to engage in “intersitial legislation” helps relieve citizens of their obligation to learn enough about how constitutional government works; the result is that legislatures sluff off the big problems. We have a good constitutional system provided citizens learn to make it work rather than try to short circuit its structures.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:31:08 +0000

I am an attorney employed by a major commercial insurer. I have been following this site since its inception. Just when I thought the site could never get any better, Ted was invited to post on a regular basis. Had the pleasure of attending an event in Houston where Walter discussed “The Rule of Lawyers”. I believe the work being done by Walter, Ted, the Manhatten Institute and others has, and will continue to have an profound impact on the litigation industry.

By: David VanderMolen

David VanderMolen — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:28:48 +0000

FBO owner(small aircraft instructin/rental/leasing) and financial software developer. Originally came upon this from Instapundit.

By: Julian Haley

Julian Haley — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:31:21 +0000

My name is Julian H and I’m a overlawyered addict… is that actionable? 🙂

By: Jeffrey A. Holmstrand

Jeffrey A. Holmstrand — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:08:31 +0000

I live and practice in West Virginia. I tend to be retained to represent civil defendants in cases filed in this state. I’ve read this blog for a while and, given the nature of my practice, will continue to do so.

Jeff