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re: Lawyers who sign their name with Esquire...
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:54 pm to Mr Clean
Posted on 9/21/19 at 7:54 pm to Mr Clean
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Like Captain Derek Ponamsky?
Not anymore LMAO.
I was actually thinking about starting a thread about this a couple weeks ago but I figured it would be poorly received. In my experience, all lawyers do this.
It has no significance, social, legal, or otherwise. There was once a rule that "Esquire" denoted a gentleman (i.e. someone from a British family good enough to have a coat of arms) who didn't have another title (like "Sir" or "Doctor"). Clearly, that's fallen by the wayside.
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Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:14 pm to USMEagles
I never put it on a piece of correspondence.
My pit bull actually chewed up my law school diploma, by the way
My pit bull actually chewed up my law school diploma, by the way
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:14 pm to USMEagles
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It has no significance, social, legal, or otherwise.
Today maybe but for many years it did mean a barred attorney in the legal profession. Over the years I have read several state Supreme Court cases where the use of esquire has been used against someone charged with the unlicensed practice of law. It was never the sole factor but was used in conjunction with other facts.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:24 pm to Mr Clean
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My pit bull actually chewed up my law school diploma, by the way
Monsters. They have zero respect for the law or human life.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:26 pm to PiscesTiger
In similar threads in the past I have said that I have instructed my secretary not to use "Esq." after my name in correspondence or pleadings. I know that I am a lawyer, my clients know that I am a lawyer, and my opponents know that I am a lawyer.
I do have my secretary use "Esq." in the salutation of a letter that I write to another lawyer or when I name them in a certificate of service or other pleading.
However, since the last thread on this topic I have re-thought my position after having practiced law for more than 40 years. I now sign my name with "Esq." in inter-office memos. An abbreviated signature that I am now using on correspondence and pleadings is:
IonaTiger, Esq., Attorney and Counselor at Law and at Large, B.A., J.D., LMNOP, PIIHB, ESPN, LSMFT, HNWIC, HMFWIC
I do have my secretary use "Esq." in the salutation of a letter that I write to another lawyer or when I name them in a certificate of service or other pleading.
However, since the last thread on this topic I have re-thought my position after having practiced law for more than 40 years. I now sign my name with "Esq." in inter-office memos. An abbreviated signature that I am now using on correspondence and pleadings is:
IonaTiger, Esq., Attorney and Counselor at Law and at Large, B.A., J.D., LMNOP, PIIHB, ESPN, LSMFT, HNWIC, HMFWIC
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:33 pm to Mr Clean
You really 23693 baw? 24___here.........
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:35 pm to IonaTiger
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PIIHB
Taking the test this weekend. Fingers crossed.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:42 pm to Demshoes
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Taking the test this weekend.
Remember, clear liquids only.
My doctor refers to a colonoscopy as "the lawyer's examination".
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:42 pm to PiscesTiger
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Lawyers who sign their name with Esquire...
Who are, “Lawyers I will never hire”
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:44 pm to SPEEDY
You will be represented by whoever the police association says....
So, in other words,
Frank DeSalvo, Esquire
So, in other words,
Frank DeSalvo, Esquire
This post was edited on 9/21/19 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:50 pm to PiscesTiger
Lawyers should call themselves Dr.
Just like professors for have Education doctorates expect to be called Dr.
Just like professors for have Education doctorates expect to be called Dr.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 8:56 pm to Overbrook
The esquire in the sig is very helpful. Much like neck tattoos or Confederate flag stickers, it marks the morons who you should avoid. It’s basically a legal malpractice warning label.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:02 pm to Mr Clean
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Frank DeSalvo, Esquire
He sits in front of me at LSU football games. He reads law books like most people read menus.
Or something like that.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:07 pm to Strannix
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Lol only MD, DDS and DVM are doctors, unless you’re a rocket scientist at NASA
You misspelled DC.
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:14 pm to Martini
He reads menus, too 
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:16 pm to supadave3
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Monsters. They have zero respect for the law or human life.
Just like her daddy
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:16 pm to Strannix
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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
LOL someone who takes care of animals or cleans your teeth is more entitled to use doctor than someone with a PhD, PharmD, or EdD?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:20 pm to lsuconnman
quote:None of those. Off campus, away from the job, "doctor" is only for M.D.
LOL someone who takes care of animals or cleans your teeth is more entitled to use doctor than someone with a PhD, PharmD, or EdD?
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:35 pm to PiscesTiger
I have only ever seen black lawyers do this
Posted on 9/21/19 at 9:51 pm to Strannix
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Lol only MD, DDS and DVM are doctors, unless you’re a rocket scientist at NASA
Dentists aren't Doctors.
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