“A Bailiff and An Attorney – A Match for the Devil” (1760), Source Library of Congress, British Cartoon Prints Collection (Digital ID cph. 3c05267)
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
– Dick the Butcher, from Shakespeare’s Henry VI
Despite the large number of lawyer jokes, most lawyers are not dysfunctional human beings.
We articulate and guard the rights of our clients in a non-violent arena, i.e. the courtroom, in which confrontation takes the place of combat.
And we are ethically bound to put the client’s interests before our own. That requires us, among other things, to decline (or withdraw from) cases where some mental or physical condition on our part would materially impair our ability to represent the client.
The Dysfunctional Lawyer
Regrettably, the legal profession is not free of dysfunctional individuals. Abuse victims may be especially vulnerable to such individuals, and should be on the…
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Kimberly Townsend Palmer 