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Lawyers who sign their name with Esquire...
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:13 pm
Why? Why not just Attorney at Law?
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Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:15 pm to PiscesTiger
Because, our dark skinned law professionals need to sound as fancy as possible.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:16 pm to PiscesTiger
Don’t know
With best regards, I remain yours truly,
Mr Clean, ESQ
LA Bar Roll No. 23693
With best regards, I remain yours truly,
Mr Clean, ESQ
LA Bar Roll No. 23693
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:18 pm to supadave3
So if HH passes the bar, will she use this along with her posse of subpar lawyers?
Is this a racial thing only?
Is this a racial thing only?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:21 pm to PiscesTiger
Bill S Preston did and he wasn’t a lawyer.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:22 pm to PiscesTiger
Check out the faculty list of Southern Law School.
Esquires all.
Esquires all.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:22 pm to supadave3
You got a problem with me being fancy?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:22 pm to OysterPoBoy
What about Ted Theodore Logan?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:23 pm to PiscesTiger
Same reason why some people feel the need to have everyone call them doctor in their personal life (I find it more common amongst the PhD crowd). Or boat Captain's always introduce themselves as Captain.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:24 pm to PiscesTiger
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:25 pm to Weekend Warrior79
Like Captain Derek Ponamsky?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:26 pm to Weekend Warrior79
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I find it more common amongst the PhD
Lol only MD, DDS and DVM are doctors, unless you’re a rocket scientist at NASA
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:31 pm to PiscesTiger
James McGill, Esq.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:31 pm to PiscesTiger
quote:
Lawyers who sign their name with Esquire...
....tend to be douches
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:34 pm to Mr Clean
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Captain Derek Ponamsky?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:40 pm to PiscesTiger
Also grids my gears when people refer to "Attorney _____".
Like, we get it - just ask for Bob. Not "Attorney Bob".
Like, we get it - just ask for Bob. Not "Attorney Bob".
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:42 pm to PiscesTiger
quote:
So if HH passes the bar
No fricking way
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:43 pm to Strannix
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Lol only MD, DDS and DVM are doctors, unless you’re a rocket scientist at NASA
IME it is mainly college profs but that is how students address them. I occasionally eat lunch with some of my old undergrad profs and still call them doctor but after 30 years we are really on a first name basis outside of just greeting them.
As for the honorific "Esquire", it has mainly died out in the last 30 years. When I clerked for a small firm in Durham in the early 90s they all had signature lines with Esq. after their names but did not sign it nor have it on the letterhead, the same for the first law firm I worked for in Charleston. I moved to a mid-sized firm and the older attorneys used it on the signature line but the younger ones didn't. Then I moved to a large multi-state firm in 1996 and esquire left my life forever.
In the past it made more sense, people didn't sign with bar numbers for example. I always found it to be an odd honorific but used it when it was the convention of my firm, in fact, I never made a choice either my secretary used it or they didn't.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:44 pm to PiscesTiger
How else will family law clients know the attorneys have it out for them because they share the same last name as the opposing attorney...?
Sadly, it's a common complaint...
Sadly, it's a common complaint...
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:49 pm to PiscesTiger
Some people make it work...
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