Well, D2 lost the election for junior class V.P. , to the incumbent. She learned a basic political lesson: it's very tough to unseat a sitting elected official, unless they're dreadfully bad, like Jimmy Carter. She's coping with the loss quite well, by catching up on sleep during her Spring Break.
Meanwhile, a big DFC shout out to Edna.,Wifey's best friend in Atlanta. Last weekend D1 was in the City Too Busy To Hate (Right!) attending a sorority conference. Edna took D1 to dinner, and they had a grand time comparing notes on Wifey's pathologies, I'd like to think. Afterwards D1 went out, and around midnight had "the worst belly pain of my life." She called Edna, who drove her to a nearby hospital, and waited with her there until 4 am, at which time the pains subsided. It looks like it was simple gastritis coupled with a panic attack.
Nonethless, Edna stayed with her through the wee hours of the am, giving her confort and reassurance, as well as the excellent advice of NOT calling me until the next day, lest I take off on a tear up I 75. Edna showed, as the 80s benefit for AIDS song went, what friends are for.
It is said that when we come up with a better mouse trap, there will develop a smarter mouse. Since lawyers are most rodent-like, the same rule applies.
I got a call yesterday from an old business acquaintance, who went bust in the personal injury case arena. He handled a volume of traffic tickets for awhile, until coming up with a most timely idea: he "answers foreclosure actions."
Deadbeat homeowners pay him a flat rate of $5000 to answer the foreclosure/eviction lawsuits filed against them. For his fee, he delays the case, for at least 1 year. The deadbeats still lose, but at least get to stay in their houses for enough time to allow them to make alternate plans.
As the Guinness ad goes: "Brilliant!" The lawyer tells me that most foreclosure cases are filed by bank lawyers or other real estate types who have "never read the rules of Civil Procedure." As such, it's a pretty easy task to delay a case.
What about the morals of representing a client who comes to you admitting he owes money and has no intention of paying? Ah Dr. Pangloss --this is truly the best of all possible worlds.
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