What do you do when business is slow? Create your own niche, of course.If you're Kurt Harris, you make up an ailment, then you get an "expert" to legitimize it, then you offer to sue on behalf of people with your made-up ailment. Genius!
Bonus points if you're able to get elected to the bench and recognize said "expert" as qualified to testify regarding said made-up ailment.
(Thanks Commenters!)
he's a tool!
ReplyDeleteDon't be so quick to judge, maybe this will give the CD attorneys something to do as their work continues to dry up.
ReplyDeleteclearly a joke.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure it is a joke. Harris might just be ahead of the curve. There were those, 25 years ago, who said CD would never fly since insurance would never pay for contractors' bad work. CD was, at one time, written off as a joke. Besides, how much "water intrusion" could there really be in places like San Diego, Las Vegas, and Phoenix? Billions and billions of insurance dollars later (it's not like it's REAL money), here we are. Doesn't seem so crazy any more; just ask Scott Canepa and Nancy Quon.
ReplyDelete8:31am might also have a point. If attorneys start now to get this covered by insurance, and they will, it could provide a soft landing for the glut of CD attorneys who will have no CD work in just a few short years. The more I think about this, the more I see the genius in it.
I am not a CD attorney, but I'd also rather not see the unwashed hordes of CD attorneys leak into my area. Thanks, Harris!
Would the public vote for a young attorney at a decent firm to be a judge? One that had a good practice and was motivated by all these crappy lawyers becoming judges in this town?
ReplyDeleteWould someone like that have any chance of winning?
Did anybody check the whois?
ReplyDeleteReveals the registrar to be
Hoots Literary Agency
Robin Huh
1001 Calico Ridge Dr
Henderson, NV 89011
7028124599
Diff subject... anyone know with recent/future bar admittance how a recent short sale/foreclosure/strategic default is looked at by C&F if everything else is good?
ReplyDelete9:20, since the law requires one to have been admitted to the bar for 10 years just to run, your question is moot.
ReplyDelete9:20 - no. Being a government lawyer or an unsuccessful private practice lawyer is a prerequisite for becoming a judge in Clark County. By definition, if you are a successful private practice attorney, you don't qualify. Become like Jesse Walsh and you have a chance.
ReplyDeleteThis is the brainchild of a College of Southern Nevada professor, with surprisingly poor writing skills, who is actually giving a seminar on HOA Syndrome Friday night at the Henderson campus.
ReplyDeleteThis all seems like bad lawyer stuff, but there is no doubt many HOA's are led by little Napoleons on power trips.
I just don't think this is the proper vehicle to usurp that power.
9:50 My guess is they wouldn't be fazed by it.
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ReplyDeleteSimilar shoes as you (strategic default to get a mod) and had a little more baggage. Cleared after just explaining the situation. The other person there waiting for a hearing was in for the same reason. Shouldn't be a problem. Just nod and say I will meet all obligations. Good Luck!
Why try this "syndrome" when there is a PROVEN money making scheme - the RJ just quoted over 50% of this post, so Righthaven will be glad to sue the RJ (won't they?)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lvrj.com/blogs/lvlegalnews/Lawyer_CSN_professor_discover_new_psychiatric_disorder_caused_by_HOAs.html
So Ellie, Righthaven should be willing to sue for $75,000 AND the RJ's web domain, just like they do when people quote the RJ (even with atribution)! I only ask for a 10% finder's fee.
@1:31:
ReplyDeleteThe RJ wrote its own blog, added the fact a CSN professor is involved and will hold a seminar Friday, and gave Wild Wild Law two links and a positive plug. An attorney should know the fundamentals of copyright etiquette. You disappoint me.
P.S. FULL disclosure. My name is Doug McMurdo. I wrote the blog.
Yeah, like the R-J knows the fundamentals of copyright etiquette. Righthaven is an embarrassment to the entire news gathering industry.
ReplyDelete@ 9:50 -
ReplyDeleteBased on my experience with 3 state bars now, C&F cares more about disclosure than anything else. If you lie about your foreclosure, then you may not entirely be trustworthy as an attorney. If you are fully honest, it should be smooth sailing. NOTE - This probably doesn't apply if you were an accountant who stole from clients, even if you are honest about it now. ;)
(My experience as someone with a few, youthful indiscretions, who has been through the process.)
Hmmmm let's see. An umimpressive attorney with a lame idea.
ReplyDeleteI heard that he lost Unitrin as a client since he got hit for $4.3 mil on a $15k policy. So no wonder he is looking to get some more work either as a judge or a new "syndrome" lawyer.
ReplyDeleteCD attorneys are idiots, but then again, so are 95% who lined up like sheep seeking a law degree. Lawyers are disgusting, not because of what they do, but because of who they think they are. For the most part pudgy, geeky, socially awkward douches that comment on blogs like its world of warcraft. And that's just the men. The women tend to be overweight, and just ugly enough to make them think that they should act like men. The writer of this post is exempt, because it is a god.
ReplyDelete11:09 has clearly never met the stud that is Frank Flamsberg
ReplyDeleteFrank is dreamy. Fabio has nothing on him.
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