February 15, 2012

Public Defender - What People Think I Do

8 Comments:

Nathaniel Baca said...

Hilarious and true! Keep up the good work. I used to be a PD and I know how you feel.

Online Law Degrees said...

While funny, it stings a bit too. Under-appreciated, vilified and misunderstood - the life of a PD.

~Sarah

Attorney At Large said...

That's the best of these I've seen yet!

Vajra said...

This is SO true. PD for 26 yrs...

James @ austin-car-accident-lawyer.com said...

Depicts the trueness of the life of a PD!

Melanie Williams-Smotherman said...

Excellent representation of the different perspectives, according to the different interests and how they contribute to stereotyping. A graphic like this could be made for every one mentioned in this one.

It's given me an idea ... (sort of like a circular flow-chart I saw recently that was made into a joke about eating bacon. All answers - whether you chose not eating bacon at the beginnig - led back to eating bacon, nevertheless).

This is quite poignant... Thanks for sharing it.

(Obviously I'm stalking your blogs to get a better idea of who you are and how you think. ;) Not to be creepy, but because finding attorneys in Nebraska who are still in touch with their humanity (in life and at work) seems to be a tough endeavor, and I'm in the business of caring about that for the many clients for whom I advocate - people caught unnecessarily in the devastation that operates within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

If you have never visited this group from Chicago, please consider doing it: familydefensecenter.com

We are trying to get a handful of attorneys in Omaha/Lincoln together who can work with the Family Defense Center and other national attorneys to form an effective network of family representation here in Nebraska - similar to what they have accomplished in Chicago.

When you have some time, email me, so we can visit about this idea and the resources available to move it forward: melanie@familyadvocacymovement.com

Perhaps Amy Williams can help facilitate this initial gathering for a task force or the development of an advisory committee. Let me know your thoughts...

Thank you...

Anonymous said...

absolutely love it!! my pd shoulders and calves are tire as hell, but i still try to push that damn boulder up the mountain...

My lawyer legal documents said...

Superb stuff - shows that lawyers can be creative and funny !