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Thanks to this thread I can now assess how much of an rear end in a top hat a lawyer is by how they close their correspondence.
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El_Elegante posted:Thanks to this thread I can now assess how much of an rear end in a top hat a lawyer is by how they close their correspondence. Anyone who uses Esq. is a douche.
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Dec 8, 2018 20:58
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ActusRhesus posted:Anyone who uses Esq. is a douche. My parent's cat is Professor Brody H. Farnsworth III, Esq., DDS, and hes only a douchebag sometimes.
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Dec 8, 2018 21:04
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ActusRhesus posted:Anyone who uses Esq. is a douche. Can confirm.
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Dec 8, 2018 23:37
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Meatbag Esq. posted:Can confirm. Lol Seriously I immediately adjudge anyone with Esq on their own signature a severe and total dumbass. So far it’s been close to 100% accurate
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Dec 9, 2018 00:38
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Lol I assumed only olds, rurals, and freshly-minted law grad solos do the Esq thing.
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Dec 9, 2018 01:52
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Vox Nihili posted:I assumed only olds, rurals, and freshly-minted law grad solos do the Esq thing. I’ve never noticed a pattern beyond douchebag.
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Dec 9, 2018 01:56
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Vox Nihili posted:I assumed only olds, rurals, and freshly-minted law grad solos do the Esq thing. No one I know who graduated with me in 2017 did it. The most that's acceptable is Name, J.D. in very specific circumstances
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Dec 9, 2018 09:36
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The only place I put esq is in court filings because it’s required.
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Dec 9, 2018 14:33
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How does Esq. compare to people who use their JD to demand being called a Dr. ? Pretty sure all the latter don't even practice
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Dec 9, 2018 15:12
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Never encountered a serious "call me doctor" jd. I do it to annoy my phd wife.
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Dec 9, 2018 15:17
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Shouldn’t your bar # satisfy whatever requirement affixing an antiquated English pseudo-nobility title to your name purportedly does? I for one think all lawyers should be armigers and be required to seal all pleadings and letters with their coat of arms. In fact all those originalist idiots need to recognize the right to bear arms enshrined in the 2d Amendment obviously was intended for this purpose.
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Dec 9, 2018 15:18
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Ashcans posted:How does Esq. compare to people who use their JD to demand being called a Dr. ? You don’t want to be called Dr. Calling yourself that will just open you up to the question, “So I’ve had this rash, can you take a look?”
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Dec 9, 2018 15:41
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Ashcans posted:How does Esq. compare to people who use their JD to demand being called a Dr. ? I ran across one guy who did this. Without me even asking the saying anything about it he frantically explained how he consulted the bar association who confirmed that he can call himself a doctor, it’s totally appropriate and he has a letter from them to prove it.
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Dec 9, 2018 15:54
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The only place I’ve seen a JD ask to be called doctor is in academia which is almost even more comical.
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Dec 9, 2018 15:57
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Phil Moscowitz posted:I ran across one guy who did this. Without me even asking the saying anything about it he frantically explained how he consulted the bar association who confirmed that he can call himself a doctor, it’s totally appropriate and he has a letter from them to prove it. Did his dad work at nintendo? I've encountered "Phd. Advocate" before and the guy was exactly as insufferable as that would suggest. It's not a thing, it doesn't mean anything in a procedural context, it's not a title that allows you any appearance right or other law function rights and also it should be the other way around. Meanwhile, I just hosed up my laptop when I disassembled it to get at the battery. Clearly I should stick to carpentry.
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Dec 9, 2018 16:01
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my torts professor didn’t even call himself Dr. and he actually was one. J.D. M.D.
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Dec 9, 2018 16:26
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I know a number of people who did the Esquire thing to try and get fancy credit cards because they thought it would help them get approved. I imagine every time they pay for something, people think they are just giant d bags.
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Dec 9, 2018 16:31
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I roll my eyes at people putting their degrees in their email signatures, I don't think I've even run into people having esq. When people are QC you never see their loving name without it though
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Dec 9, 2018 16:41
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In med school there was an annoying trend of email signatures involving something along the lines of “MD Candidate 20xx” Is there a law school equivalent?
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Dec 9, 2018 16:44
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Ratatozsk posted:In med school there was an annoying trend of email signatures involving something along the lines of “JD Candidate 20XX” I vaguely remember career services championing this idea but I can’t fathom why since if you’re applying for a summer firm position they’d already know you’re in law school and nobody else would care.
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Dec 9, 2018 16:49
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Shouldn’t your bar # satisfy whatever requirement affixing an antiquated English pseudo-nobility title to your name purportedly does? New York doesn't use bar numbers, your name is your "bar number" in a way that i forget the details of. So in NY at least it's pretty common to do it just to identify yourself as a lawyer in legal correspondence.
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Dec 9, 2018 16:56
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I recall reading something about how saying Dr was ok for JDs unless you were doing advertisements for medical malpractice lawsuits. So there was probably a short window of a few smug dudes misleading the gently caress out of a ton of clients
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Dec 9, 2018 18:03
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Pook Good Mook posted:
The only times I have seen this are people with law degrees that aren’t barred. So basically Toona, JD.
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Dec 9, 2018 18:22
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mastershakeman posted:I recall reading something about how saying Dr was ok for JDs unless you were doing advertisements for medical malpractice lawsuits. So there was probably a short window of a few smug dudes misleading the gently caress out of a ton of clients Yeah the rule in Texas is basically "you can call yourself doctor unless it would lead to confusion about you being a medical doctor." I've read the ethics opinion from the bar on this. Still, never seen it.
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Dec 9, 2018 18:22
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Mr. Nice! posted:The only place I put esq is in court filings because it’s required. Douchebag by operation of law lol
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Dec 9, 2018 18:30
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evilweasel posted:New York doesn't use bar numbers, your name is your "bar number" in a way that i forget the details of. So in NY at least it's pretty common to do it just to identify yourself as a lawyer in legal correspondence. New York has attorney registration numbers, which are essentially bar numbers. What we don't have are bar cards. When I was visiting Texas for work a few years ago I was lucky I already had a Secure Pass to show some jail staff as my "bar card" -- some colleagues of mine had to show their Certificates of Good Standing and argue a bit to be let in.
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Dec 9, 2018 18:41
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Why advertise that people should hate you?
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Dec 9, 2018 18:45
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blarzgh posted:Douchebag by operation of law lol  De jure douche
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Dec 9, 2018 18:57
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Look Sir Droids posted:The only times I have seen this are people with law degrees that aren’t barred. So basically Toona, JD. Dr. Toona, rising Esq.
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Dec 9, 2018 19:31
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My close friends just call me Doc.
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Dec 9, 2018 19:53
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Yeah the rule in Texas is basically "you can call yourself doctor unless it would lead to confusion about you being a medical doctor." I've read the ethics opinion from the bar on this. By the time people say, “I’ve got this rash” they’re already pulling up their shirt and showing their belly
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Dec 9, 2018 22:55
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From my ten years as a pharmacy tech at Walgreens, I've seen the entirety of a human body covered in a rash. Never once did I wish to see it.
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Dec 9, 2018 22:56
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“Please meet the above demands so that we can put this matter behind us. Time is of the essence.” “Govern yourself accordingly.” I’m sure there have been others.
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Dec 9, 2018 23:23
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Yo elegante how's the return tho medicine going?
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Dec 10, 2018 00:05
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:From my ten years as a pharmacy tech at Walgreens, I've seen the entirety of a human body covered in a rash. Never once did I wish to see it. I hope I can spend my entire life without doing ten years of any particular thing. Err, I mean, yes, of course I intend to make partner someday. Big dream of mine.
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Dec 10, 2018 00:16
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It’s good! I’m practicing in a small town and quickly learned how to politely accept heaps of gossip from patients and nurses without retaining any of it.
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Dec 10, 2018 00:17
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Vox Nihili posted:I hope I can spend my entire life without doing ten years of any particular thing. Yes well I needed a job to get myself through high school undergrad grad school and law school.
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Dec 10, 2018 02:54
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Yes well I needed a job to get myself through high school undergrad grad school and law school. I did too, I just had like 7 different ones
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This is fine https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1072140728242003970
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