# A general question for lawyers: **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 22, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-general-question-for-lawyers/647996 "2013-01-22T13:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-general-question-for-lawyers/647996/21 "2013-01-24T16:11:49Z")
:smack: Well, I’m an idiot and I quoted the wrong post (it’s what I get for trying to do it without my reading glasses :rolleyes:) What I MEANT to say was that I agree with this: > [@LinusK](#): > > If you’re a criminal defense lawyer, your job is defending people who’re crooks, scum, abusers, etc. Not to mention drug addicts, the mentally ill, and the innocent accused. So basically they’re attacking her for doing her job. So she should tell them to fuck themselves, and concentrate on doing their jobs, not hers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-general-question-for-lawyers/647996/22 "2013-01-24T17:30:49Z")
I do only civil cases. A pretty good sign of a scumbag is an unusual case where the client doesn’t want to pay the retainer and talks about money a lot. A broken leg from a pedestrian hit? I don’t care if the client is a scumbag. A will contest? I don’t want the client if he is a scumbag. Probably even if he looks like he will pay, because he won’t. Virtually all my clients are word of mouth, so I have a character reference prior to ever meeting the client. I don’t talk afterwards with the referral source. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-general-question-for-lawyers/647996.md?page=1)