First, let’s all us lawyers kill ourselves
Nov 29, 2009 Americana, Lex scripta, O Mores!
This advertising campaign is, well, bad. Very, very bad.
There is a certain irony, though, you know.
The defense representation being offered here is in fact completely legitimate — n0t only to sleazeballs, slime and creeps, who are constitutionally entitled to their defense (just not by me), but to people involved in all sorts of disputes (but typically divorces) who are wrongfully accused of being sleazeballs, slime and creeps.
But the choices made in these ads completely undermines that bona fide prospective, mainly because in the graphic, hyper-realistic and borderline pornographic pictures, the crimes being referred to are really happening.
Guess what, law firm? People who have been wrongfully accused of these acts, or who desperately want the world (including the justice system) to believe the accusation is wrong, want to be represented by the lawyers who only have innocent clients.
And from these ads, that does not seem to be you. Get it?
Turn in your wingtips. Please.
Cross-posted on Right Wing News.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Guess what, law firm? People who have been wrongfully accused of these acts, or who desperately want the world (including the justice system) to believe the accusation is wrong, want to be represented by the lawyers who only have innocent clients.
Guess that’s not criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield, either.
Ron Coleman, an otherwise brilliant attorney, is not a criminal defense lawyer.
He’s likely confused.
Ed.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
LOL, so true! I spoke imprecisely, which need not rule out dumb-ly, but still imprecise it was. I meant that these guys at least SEEM to be looking for “that client” — because admitting that they’re really looking for Scott’s clients would just be impossible, P.R. wise, no?