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Originally Posted by fredr123
I won't weigh in on whether Der's reputation around here has been earned or not, but I do think that Tran's lawyer has been unfairly criticized. I know the guy a little bit and perhaps that's why I've been overly sensitive. I've seen and heard the crap that he had to put up with merely because he vigorously and zealously defended his client all the while seeking every recourse available to him in our justice system.
In my view, he did only what he should have and has done nothing wrong. He's had people trash him on a personal level in this thread, in Calgary Sun letters to the editor, in emails and voice mails. I feel for Tran's lawyer and I don't think he should have had to endure that kind of BS.
For anyone interested, here is Tran's lawyer's latest blog posting about the Myth of Jackie Tran: http://immlawyer.blogs.com/my_weblog...ckie-tran.html |
I think a lot of people really do not understand what kind of personal sacrifices that lawyers make for their profession. I work with a lot of lawyers and while on average they do tend to make well-above average money relative to the broad strata of society (which is probably where the resentment/jokes/negative sentiment come from), they do not make as much as other professions who work the same kind of long hours.
Investment Bankers generally make more than lawyers and work roughly similar hours and do not have to go through years of law school and articling.