Comments on: Ker-bang! “You may be entitled to compensation”

By: Max Kennerly

Max Kennerly — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:26:36 +0000

To clarify, it seems the proposal was floated by criminal-defense lawyers who wanted to solicit the recently-arrested. It seems the rap sheets / criminal dockets include personal phone numbers, whereas personal injury lawyers generally don’t have instant access to the phone numbers of people involved in accidents.

I’d never do this myself, but I can see the Bar’s reasoning. The core of the prohibition is usually on “real-time” communications, but a text message isn’t “real-time” like a phone call or an in-person solicitation.

What this situation really shows is (1) law schools are producing way, way too many lawyers; and (2) there still isn’t any easy way for most people to find quality legal representation. The fact that this tactic would work at all shows a serious market failure by way of grossly uninformed consumers.

By: Another guy named Dan

Another guy named Dan — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 19:33:13 +0000

the ultimate would be to have the lawyer’s number printed right on the airbag itself.

By: CarLitGuy

CarLitGuy — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:35:03 +0000

In reply to John Fembup. And so the guild protects its own by watering down the ethical constrictions intended to constrain their business practices...

By: E-Bell

E-Bell — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:33:31 +0000

Maybe I’m a different type of person than those a texting lawyer might be targeting, but I’m pretty sure I’d never hire a lawyer whose first introduction to me was via text message.

“OMG! R U INJURED? HIT ME BACK IF U NEED LEGAL REP!”

By: John Fembup

John Fembup — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:36:25 +0000

Don’t we send and receive text messages on our cell phones? So how is a text message really different from just placing a call the old-fashioned way and leaving an old-fashioned voice message? Because the text message is not old-fashioned?

But never mind that. The Florida Bar Board of Governors is saying a phone message is not a phone message if you call it a “text” message. It’s a tribute to the power of incentives, I guess.

And keen lawyering.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:37:21 +0000

It’s like the old Onion article about “instant-win airbags”.

By: Simon Spero

Simon Spero — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:21:29 +0000

Please don’t make comments like the last sentence until you’ve gotten a blocking patent (licensing condition: must pay opponents legal fees on loss). 🙂

Next step: up link of surveillance camera videos, autonomous drone deployment for BDA, tele-presence for judge and venire, and a verdict ready before the pain killers kick in .