Comments on: Open thread https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/open-thread/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 26 May 2008 01:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stewart Peterson https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-9787 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:05:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5622#comment-9787 I personally wonder why the case for tort reform isn’t being taken to the streets, given the amount of public antipathy toward lawyers.

]]> By: Ed Sodaro https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-9786 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:34:09 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5622#comment-9786 What is the status of placing attorney complaints and discipline under the control of independent consumer control boards (instead of the bar associations)? This was tried in Illinois about 12 years ago as I recall but deep-sixed under lawyer pressure.

]]> By: Justus https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-9785 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:38:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5622#comment-9785 RANKING OF THE TOP 10 WEALTHIEST PLAINTIFF LAWYERS IN MISSISSIPPI.

Here is my list:

1. David Nutt
2. Dickie Scruggs
3. Danny Cupit
4. Paul Minor
5. Don Barrett
6. Richard Schwartz
7. Crymes Pittman
8. Joey Langston
9. Jim Shannon
10. Shane Langston

Second question, how many of Mississippi’s top 10 wealthiest plaintiff lawyers ever took a bar exam, or passed a bar ethics exam? Remember the Ole Miss diploma privilege exempted Ole Miss law grads from the requirement to take and pass the bar exam. Ethics was on the bar exam!

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