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Summary: Things Lawyers Talk About in Bars
Review: Lawyers don't have the reputation of being particularly funny. This comes from the requirement that lawyers maintain a stern or inscrutable demeanor when a witness splits his pants wide open leaving the witness stand. However in lawyer bars across the land, alone with our own kind( don't ask ), lawyers tell "war stories," collected here by Ron Liebman.Parts of this book, my own contribution excepted, are truly funny. Imagine the elder statesman of a major firm, addressing a gaggle of Japanese businessmen (prospective clients no less) in Tokyo, by reminiscing about the last time he had seen the city... from the air... as a World War II bomber pilot...or join the young lawyer trying his first case watching as a juror suddenly exits the jury box during his closing argument. Theyoung man's mouth might still be agape had not his more senior colleague rose to say "Personally Judge I didn't think he was that bad." OK, so Jay Leno is in no trouble here, but if you are at all curious about what we really talk about, Liebman let's you know.
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Summary: A Bathroom read...Not bad though
Review: Thios book is one that has many entertaining stories, as well as some that are just plain insignificant and stupid. The author uses every story he could get his hands on that has some lement of humor ow interesting facts and puts it in the book. However, while many of the stories are outrageously funny, a majority are just filler. One aspect that made this book easy to read was that the book is composed of over 50 very short "tales" or stories about individual incidents. You can read a story and read another one a week later and you haven't missed anything. It is entertaining but not very informative. If you are looking for a fun and quick read, this book will help fulfill those needs. It does provide some insight into the behind the scenes of the legal profession. If you are looking for a real in-depth look at how lawyers work, this is not the book for you. An entertaining and casual read, but not very informative. Just three stars but a fun book.
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Summary: A Bathroom read...Not bad though
Review: Thios book is one that has many entertaining stories, as well as some that are just plain insignificant and stupid. The author uses every story he could get his hands on that has some lement of humor ow interesting facts and puts it in the book. However, while many of the stories are outrageously funny, a majority are just filler. One aspect that made this book easy to read was that the book is composed of over 50 very short "tales" or stories about individual incidents. You can read a story and read another one a week later and you haven't missed anything. It is entertaining but not very informative. If you are looking for a fun and quick read, this book will help fulfill those needs. It does provide some insight into the behind the scenes of the legal profession. If you are looking for a real in-depth look at how lawyers work, this is not the book for you. An entertaining and casual read, but not very informative. Just three stars but a fun book.
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Summary: A Bathroom read...Not bad though
Review: This book is one that has many entertaining stories, as well as some that are just plain insignificant and stupid. The author uses every story he could get his hands on that has some element of humor or interesting facts and puts it in the book. However, while many of the stories are outrageously funny, a majority are just filler. One aspect that made this book easy to read was that the book is composed of over 50 very short "tales" or stories about individual incidents. This is why I refer to this book as a bathroom read. You can read a story and read another one a week later and you haven't missed anything. It is entertaining but not very informative. If you are looking for a fun and quick read, this book will help fulfill those needs. It does provide some insight into the behind the scenes of the legal profession. If you are looking for a real in-depth look at how lawyers work, this is not the book for you. An entertaining and casual read, but not very informative. Just three stars but a fun book.
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Summary: A Bathroom read...Not bad though
Review: This book is one that has many entertaining stories, as well as some that are just plain insignificant and stupid. The author uses every story he could get his hands on that has some element of humor or interesting facts and puts it in the book. However, while many of the stories are outrageously funny, a majority are just filler. One aspect that made this book easy to read was that the book is composed of over 50 very short "tales" or stories about individual incidents. This is why I refer to this book as a bathroom read. You can read a story and read another one a week later and you haven't missed anything. It is entertaining but not very informative. If you are looking for a fun and quick read, this book will help fulfill those needs. It does provide some insight into the behind the scenes of the legal profession. If you are looking for a real in-depth look at how lawyers work, this is not the book for you. An entertaining and casual read, but not very informative. Just three stars but a fun book.
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Summary: A few laughs; a few chuckles; some filler.
Review: This is a quick read, and some of the funny stories will make you chuckle -- if not laugh -- out loud. But, sadly, there is a lot of unfunny filler--tales of young lawyers whose representation of their trusting clients was poor indeed. Moreover, some of the material--the amusing excerpts from court and deposition transcripts--come from a book published by a court-reporter association ("Disorder in the Court") and have been on the internet rounds for so long that the excerpts have fairly heavy beards. Perhaps the most poignant selection, however, is the recollection by a South Carolina lawyer of his lawyer-father's observation that the more a thief stole the better he was treated by the court and the more lenient his punishment--ranging from the ... crook to the ... embezzler. That tale, of course, echoes, sadly, what the law is all about: summarized by Swift centuries ago when he said that the law was like a cobweb that ensnared small flies but let the hornets through. All in all, Shark Tales is worth the flitting moments of time it takes to read.
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