Comments on: Not renting to lawyers

By: Surpemacy Claus

Surpemacy Claus — Mon, 21 May 2007 08:51:36 +0000

Walter is pointing out the existence of a new type of discrimination.

A statute may remedy that wrong, the Americans with Too Much Abilities Act.

By: Dave Lincoln

Dave Lincoln — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:51:00 +0000

Re post #2:

No, believe me, lawyers are hated.

By: Yoda

Yoda — Sat, 19 May 2007 11:02:25 +0000

OR…

it could be because of the well-deserved reputation of abusing the legal system for frivolous or malicious means.

I’ve yet to encounter a lawyer in a professional setting who didn’t fit this description, or made reference to it on several occasions.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:08:08 +0000

I wouldn’t assume that these policies necessarily signify that lawyers are “hated”. Lawyers may simply be perceived as more likely to take an adversarial stance when frictions come up in the landlord-tenant relationship, or more skilled at using legal process in a way damaging to the landlord’s interests when a dispute does arise. This practical set of expectations may be enough to explain such a policy without positing any special or further animus toward lawyers as a class — indeed, the landlord who chooses among tenants on this basis might well be a lawyer himself or herself.

By: Justinian Lane

Justinian Lane — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:08:09 +0000

Wow. Lawyers really are hated, aren’t they? I wonder if the same prejudice applies to district attorneys or transactional attorneys.