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From: "George Braly" <gwbraly@gami.com>

Hamid,

As a lawyer,  I don't disagree with your disgust over this issue.

In the years before the "Bates" case (several decades back) in which the
Supreme Court ruled that it was a 1st amendment violation for the State
of Arizona to restrict the right of professionals to advertise (Bates
was an eye doctor, if I recall, but I'm not sure) then your complaint
would be well founded.

All of the lawyers opposed the Bates decision because we knew then it
would lead to the present situation by which there was this enormous
advertising by everybody from the proctologist to the lawyer.

Reality is - - there is nothing the state bar associations can do.

And it will take an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
to fix the problem.

Regards,  George=20


-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of
Hamid A. Wasti
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:03 AM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Re: Tort

Lots of different perspectives on this issue, here's one more.  About 24

hours after the tragic accident in KY, do a Google search on "Comair=20
5191"  You will see 3 paid advertisements (right side of the screen=20
under title "Sponsored Links") for law firms, including one whose title=20
is "Comair Flight 5191"  In fact, the only paid advertisements you will=20
see are for lawyers looking for "plane crash victims"

Even if most lawyers are noble and honorable, as long as there are=20
individuals in the profession who start looking for clients even before=20
the bodies of the dead have been released to the families, the=20
profession is going to be viewed as dishonorable.  Before the honorable=20
lawyers scream about the injustice of guilt by association, let me point

out that not anyone can call themselves a lawyer and start practicing=20
law -- they have to be sanctioned by the bar association, which has the=20
power to police its members and get rid of bad apples.  Anyone who is=20
allowed to continue his/her membership is being sanctioned by the bar=20
(and collectively through its membership) to be a representativity of=20
the entire profession.

Regards,

Hamid


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