{"id":7932,"date":"2007-09-02T13:53:39","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T18:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/02\/not-quite-ready-for-love-lawyers-d"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:43","slug":"not-quite-ready-for-love-lawyers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/02\/not-quite-ready-for-love-lawyers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"not quite ready for Love Lawyers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Love Litigating Lawyers Day<\/strong>\/<em>a\/k\/a<\/em> Lawyer Appreciation Day, Aug. 31, 2007<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/lawyerappreciationdaynonsequiturwileys.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> .. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/lawyerappreciationdaynonsequiturwiley.jpg\">larger<\/a> ..<\/p>\n<p>When they &#8220;officially&#8221; designated (and copyrighted) August 31st as Love Litigating Lawyers Day, the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wellcat.com\/summer.htm\">WellCat.com<\/a> noted: &#8220;<em>Love Litigating Lawyers Day<\/em> &#8212; Lawyer jokes abound, but when push comes to shove, these are the folks who can end up saving the day.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Is the nation ready for Love Lawyers Day?  I&#8217;m afraid the public response and turnout has not improved since Wiley covered the first <em>Lawyer Appreciation Day Parade<\/em> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\/\"><em>Non Sequitur<\/em><\/a> in September 1993 (see above).  As <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/31\/its-love-litigating-lawyers-day\/\">we&#8217;ve done<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/08\/31\/sigh-its-love-litigating-lawyers-day\/\">prior years<\/a>, <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> tried to whip up a little enthusiasm for Love Litigating Lawyers Day <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/24\/tardy-quickies\/\">last week<\/a>.   However, if <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ned=&amp;q=%22Love+Litigating+Lawyers+Day%22\">Google News<\/a> is right, the mainstream media <em>totally ignored<\/em> the event.  It got only a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackofalldays.com\/2007\/08\/31\/august-31-love-litigating-lawyers-day\/\">skeptical notice<\/a> in the general blogisphere.  And, most surprising, even the blawging world overlooked the celebration:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob Ambrogi at <em>Legal BlogWatch<\/em> might have discouraged crowds along the parade route on Friday, when he reported that two lawyers are about to set a record in Iowa, getting <a href=\"http:\/\/legalblogwatch.typepad.com\/legal_blog_watch\/2007\/08\/lawyers-could-s.html\">$75 million in fees<\/a> for work on a class action suit against Microsoft, after claiming to have worked 117,000 hours on the case.  Bob also put his spotlight on a court decision from the 6th Circuit federal appeals court that <a href=\"http:\/\/legalblogwatch.typepad.com\/legal_blog_watch\/2007\/08\/6th-circuit-chi.html\">chided lawyers for the State of Michigan<\/a> on the dreadful job they did trying to defend a ban on bottomless exotic dancers &#8212; &#8220;for misapplying legal theories, relying on outdated law and inadequately explaining how the ban furthered state interests.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/\"><em>Overlawyered.com<\/em><\/a>, Ted Frank and Walter Olson &#8212; who, let&#8217;s face it, have gotten famous thanks to litigating lawyers &#8212; never acknowledged the Day (despite out heads up to them on Aug. 24th).  Instead, it was business as usual, with Walter writing about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/2007\/08\/lawyers_license_to_defame_adve.html\">Lawyers&#8217; license to defame adversaries<\/a>&#8221; in Tennessee; Ted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/2007\/08\/one_reason_european_healthcare.html\">preferring the European system<\/a> for litigating medical malpractice; and their co-conspirator David Nieporent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/2007\/08\/youtube_lawsuit_of_the_week_ap.html\">knocking A&amp;P<\/a> for suing over a Youtube video.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>update<\/strong><\/em> (April 16, 2008): See &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/04\/16\/we-all-missed-be-kind-to-lawyers-day-on-april-8\/\">we all missed Be Kind to Lawyers Day on April 8<\/a>, 2008&#8243;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Trial lawyers can at least be consoled by Robert Rogers&#8217; brief recognition of their day at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/legaltimes.typepad.com\/blt\/2007\/08\/litigators-its-.html\">BLT: The Blog of Legal Times<\/a><\/em>, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hear ye, hear ye: Today is &#8220;Love Litigating Lawyers Day.&#8221; So here&#8217;s to  motions practice, discovery disputes, summary judgment (or not), looming trials,  potential settlements, and if things go badly, perhaps another chance on appeal.  And let&#8217;s not forget those litigators on the crim side &#8212; prosecutors and public  defenders, I think you&#8217;d be included, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK. Now back to suing each other&#8230;. &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For our part, the <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang points (yet again) to our collection of favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/31\/its-love-litigating-lawyers-day\/\">quotes about lawyers and litigation<\/a>. and a few <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/08\/31\/sigh-its-love-litigating-lawyers-day\/\">one-breath poems<\/a> (senryu) about lawyers.  We can only hope that lawyers will do more of the things over the next year that win the genuine respect of the public (see.<em>e.g<\/em>., &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/02\/towards-a-better-law-day\/\">towards a better Law Day<\/a>&#8221; and \u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/10\/08\/first-thing-lets-quell-all-the-liars\/\">first thing, let\u2019s quell all the liars<\/a>\u201c).  <em>One Hint<\/em>: it is not about running around <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/03\/31\/the-bars-self-importance-is-undignified-tasteless-too\/\">policing your image<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And see: Wiley uncovered &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/abagiftshopnonsequiturwiley.jpg\">The Worst Job of Market Research<\/a>&#8221; . . <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/09\/lovelawyersgiftshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>litigation bags \u2013<br \/>\nthe associate\u2019s<br \/>\nhalf-closed eyes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>snack room \u2014<br \/>\nthe litigator takes<br \/>\none-third of the donuts<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. by dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/01\/honest.gif\" alt=\"honest!\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\" \/> <em><strong>I confess<\/strong><\/em>: Instead of putting together a last-minute Love Lawyers Day parade, on a beautiful last day of August, and marching in downtown Schenectady, New York, I spent the morning creating a collection of wedding haiku and senryu to celebrate the marriage that I wrote about in the posting immediately below this one (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/09\/02\/a-lovely-wedding-hopeful-boomers-marry-again\/\">a lovely wedding: hopeful boomers marry again<\/a>,&#8221; Sept. 2, 2007).  With a homemade haiku tri-fold brochure, in hand, I then abandoned all thought of celebrating lawyers, and drove to Thacher State Park, for a marvelous wedding party, with gorgeous vistas of the Mohawk and Hudson River Valleys, and a view of the Green Mountains in Vermont.   Maybe next year we&#8217;ll do a lawyers parade.  Maybe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/MarryALawyer.gif\" alt=\"MarryLawyer?\" \/><strong> On a micro- rather than macro-level<\/strong>: If you are wondering about loving a lawyer, check out <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0940675552\/qid=1125157929\/sr=1-1\/ref=sr_1_1\/102-9892500-1392132?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\"><em>Should You Marry a Lawyer?<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><em>: A Couples Guide to Balancing Work,<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><em> Love and Ambition<\/em>, by Fiona Travis, PhD (Niche Press 2003), and\/or <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0967890624\/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1\/102-9892500-1392132?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;st=*\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-size: x-small\"><em>Living with Lawyers<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">, by Frances M. Weiner, <em>et al<\/em>. (Quarry Publishing, 2001) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">(and see our posting &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/27\/lawyers-and-spouses\/\">lawyers and spouses<\/a>&#8220;). <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Litigating Lawyers Day\/a\/k\/a Lawyer Appreciation Day, Aug. 31, 2007 .. larger .. 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