{"id":3650,"date":"2005-02-28T15:48:28","date_gmt":"2005-02-28T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/02\/28\/from-an-overheated-room\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:56","slug":"from-an-overheated-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/28\/from-an-overheated-room\/","title":{"rendered":"from an overheated room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3351'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">it&#8217;s over&#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">slicing his shirt<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for the ragbag<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">overheated room<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a scent of mothballs<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">from the open drawer<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">family vacation<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">in the museum corner<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">uncle&#8217;s hard kisses<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/r.beary_files\/r.beary.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">Roberta Beary<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.hsa-haiku.org\/frogpond.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><EM>frogpond<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp; XXVII<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><EM>by <\/EM><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM>dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><EM>:&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">a three-engine freight train <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">delays lunch&nbsp;&#8212;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">two stomachs rumble<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">in the check-out<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">express lane <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;. . . . . . . . in the check-out express lane<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Feb. 28, 2005]<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">potluck<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/abeintophatG.gif\" alt=\"topHatAbe\" \/>&nbsp; Frankly, my friend Carolyn <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\/my_shingle\/2005\/02\/whats_worse_a_l.html\"><FONT size=\"2\">Elefant sets the bar too low<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"> when it comes to<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;attorney <\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">dishonesty toward non-<FONT color=\"black\">clients.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.abanet.org\/cpr\/mrpc\/rule_8_4.html\"><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\">Model Rule 8.4<\/FONT><\/A><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\"> deems lawyer fraud, dishonesty <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\">and deceit to be &#8220;misconduct.&#8221;&nbsp; Carolyn&nbsp;thinks&nbsp;persuading two colleagues to quit <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\">their jobs to join a non-existent law firm shouldn&#8217;t even <EM>be<\/EM> a disciplinary&nbsp;matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"black\"><EM>I <\/EM>wonder why&nbsp;Cynthia Sutherin is&nbsp;only getting two-years of probation.&nbsp; Apparently, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\">so is her lawyer, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/search\/main_story.asp?intid=384090\"><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\">who said<\/FONT><\/A><FONT color=\"black\" size=\"2\">:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">&#8220;She&#8217;s grateful the hearing board has given her a chance to continue <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">to practice law.&nbsp; It&#8217;s tragic in terms of its impact on the other people, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">but (she) has tried to address the problem.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">Telling big lies to your colleagues and causing them much career disruption is<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">a very good indication of overall character.&nbsp; Carolyn is right about one thing,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">though: the two duped lawyers seem too credulous <\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\">(non-diligent?) to be practicing&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">law.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; Has anyone heard whether court-appointed attorneys in Alabama have voted <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">on <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/huntsvilletimes\/index.ssf?\/base\/news\/1109067467279560.xml\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">their threats to &#8220;strike&#8221;<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">(to engage in unlawful <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$1954\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">joint boycotts<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">) in their dispute over <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"black\">overhead?&nbsp; (via <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\/my_shingle\/2005\/02\/weve_already_ha.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM>MyShingle<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221;&nbsp; At <EM>Legal Ethics Forum<\/EM>, Prof. <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/legalethicsforum.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/02\/a_legal_times_r.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Brad Wendel wonders<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;about lawyers who recommend <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">tax loopholes to clients that they would not take for their own firms.&nbsp;&nbsp; Could be analogous <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">to doctors who prescribe medications to patients (1)&nbsp;in order to appear to be worth the fee&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">or (2) because the patient wants them &#8211; &#8211; in both cases, fear of losing the customer&#8217;s <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">business underlies the less-than-optimal advice.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/riskprof.typepad.com\/tort\/2005\/02\/anniversary.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Happy First&nbsp;Anniversary<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> to <EM>RiskProf<\/EM> weblogger Martin Grace.&nbsp; &nbsp;We predict&nbsp; &#8220;prof grace&#8221;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">many more good years for&nbsp;one of our favorite weblogs &#8212; informative &amp;&nbsp;(often) fun.<\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/FONT> <\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> Marc Chandler has infomed me that the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/jweb.flcourts.org\/pls\/docket\/ds_docket?p_caseyear=2004&amp;p_casenumber=40&amp;psCourt=FSC&amp;psSearchType=\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Florida Supreme Court<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> denied the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">request of the Florida Bar for oral argument in <FONT color=\"black\">their <\/FONT><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/05#a3208\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"black\">1-800-PIT-BULL case<\/FONT>.<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp; My guess: <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">dial 1- 800- 2AFFIRM.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; it&#8217;s over&#8211; slicing his shirt for the ragbag &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; overheated room a scent of mothballs from the open drawer &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; family vacation in the museum corner uncle&#8217;s hard kisses &nbsp; &nbsp; Roberta Beary&nbsp;from frogpond&nbsp; XXVII &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by dagosan:&nbsp;&nbsp; a three-engine freight train delays lunch&nbsp;&#8212; two stomachs rumble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-WS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13346,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3650\/revisions\/13346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}