But she does it the old fashioned way - forgery. Authorities: Woman posed as lawyer for decade, named partner
For all that effort and knowledge put into 'faking' as a lawyer for 10 years, she should just get a bloody law degree. :X
I looked at the first 100 or so comments from readers of the newspaper. More than half support the woman with the forged credentials, either because no clients complained so she must have done good work, and/or because it is really the firm that is to blame for not checking her out.
Well, she was doing estate planning. The negative consequences of poor planning are often not experienced until the client has died. So, the "No one complained, so she must have been doing a good job" argument is particularly ignorant here.
What's especially confounding is that she served as President of the county bar. With lawyers being a cynical and suspicious bunch, what kind of vetting process was that?!
Indeed. I love the way this line was written in the article "Since December, when she was asked not to practice again..." LOL.
The best comment in my opinion is this one: old Joke A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper of 20 years, Guido, has cheated him out of $10 million. Guido is deaf which is why he got the job in the first place. The Godfather assumed that since Guido could not hear anything, he could never testify in court.When the Godfather goes to confront Guido about his missing $10 million, he takes along his personal lawyer because he knows sign language. The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the money is!" The lawyer, using sign language, asks Guido, "Where's the money?" Guido signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about." The lawyer tells the Godfather, "He says he doesn't know what you are talking about." The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to Guido's head and says, "Ask him again or I'll kill him!" The lawyer signs to Guido, "He'll kill you if you don't tell him." Guido trembles and signs back, "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed at my cousin Bruno's house." The Godfather asks the lawyer, "What did he say?" The lawyer replies, "He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."
A lawyer would never be allowed to interpret for his own client. There would also be multiple interpreters there- two at an absolute minimum. Lastly there's a code of ethics. ETHICS!!!! Code of Professional Conduct | Registry of interpreters for the Deaf Did I just ruin the joke? GOOD! I've heard it a million times before and it needs to die. :firedevil:
Well eeeeexxxxuuuuusseeee me. 1) I have never heard that joke before. I am certain there are others on DI who have not as well. But you could just Mod-it away if it really upsets you that much. 2) It would be a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very PATHETIC discussion board if we only posted items that were safe, boring, and certainly incapable of offending, confusing, or (heaven forbid) irritating someone. 3) It surprises me what irritates some people. Strike that, I am not surprised at all. 4) Not sure why you felt the need to post a comment about ethics and the code of conduct for interpreters for the deaf. It.Was.A.Joke. Oh, well. I'll get back to looking at the likelihood of the Kentucky Wildcats running the table undefeated. Bye (no more jokes...... for a llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggggggggggg time)
The first thing that crossed my mind was lawyers will be replaced by software. The second thing that crossed my mind was I need some rum raisin ice cream.
Someone already made a good start at that. Lawyers, Legal Forms, Law Books & Software, Free Legal Information - Nolo.com
I was kind of disappointed to read this. I had hoped it was a Frank Abignale sort of situation where she forged transcripts and sat for the bar and had a law license, just not the required education, or something like that. Fooling an employer is pretty easy. Fooling a state agency takes some talent. When people do this sort of thing I absolutely think it justifiable to fire, fine, imprison, sue or whatever it takes to ensure that others don't do the same thing (obviously depending upon who they deceived and by what means). But there's this little part of my brain that looks at a well executed con and simply says "Well Played." Ten years of work before she got caught. That's impressive, even if it was unethical and illegal. I wouldn't do it. And I don't respect her for having done it. But damn, I admit I am slightly impressed.
