# Legal folks: Can Attorneys really do this? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262 "2014-07-16T10:33:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262/41 "2014-07-17T13:03:37Z")
I’m not sure that’s correct in any event. If the lawyer wins judgments against the TFB, then those judgments stand until he pays them off. The lawyer might not be able to access the TF directly, but once money goes out of the TF and into the pocket of the TFB, the lawyer can claim it. If it stays in the TF forever, then the lawyer might not be able to access it but neither does the TFB. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262/42 "2014-07-17T13:57:50Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Though you don’t know what fresh hell he put the girlfriend through … Not to threadjack, but trust me, they were both (to put it nicely) “quirky” and I have no doubt that there was fault on both sides. To give you an example of how awkward / clueless he could be, during an extremely formal interview with an international firm, they asked the standard “Where do you see yourself in five years?” question. He responded, “Well, I really want to be a fireman!” He told us the interview concluded shortly after that response. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262/43 "2014-07-17T14:00:06Z")
See, I totally would have hired that guy. You see nutjob. I see relaxed enough in a high pressure interview to crack a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262/44 "2014-07-17T14:04:06Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > You might get your wish, although not in the way you’d expect. > > I’ve gotten an update, and it appears things aren’t looking good for TFB. He’s apparently somewhat of a police hanger-on\* (groupie?). I don’t know the name for it, but a loser who can’t make the force, but hangs around them to try and be part of the LEO crowd. Again, this is through a grapevine, but it seems he’d been taking the “buddies with the cops” act a little too far, and some of the low income side thought he actually _was_ a deputy (apparently he’s been wearing a sort of uniform and performing his own “arrests”). This may be part of their reluctance to summon police over earlier incidents. > According to my kin (via courthouse rumor mill) an “investigation” has been started into this mess. This is getting really interesting. > \*Is this a common thing? Do police have to contend with wannabees hanging around trying to be part of the action? Sweet juicy justice! Please do keep us posted 😃 Oh and yes, my mom’s 2nd husband was a cop-hanger-onner. This is totally a thing, at least in small towns where the line between “us” and “them” is less-defined than in a larger urban area. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262/45 "2014-07-17T14:38:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > See, I totally would have hired that guy. You see nutjob. I see relaxed enough in a high pressure interview to crack a joke. He did it in the voice of a small child. He was interviewing for a position where he would have close contact with very important people in an extremely professional environment. It just wasn’t the right time or environment to do something like that. Sometimes, you’ve gotta know your audience. And, quite honestly, that was his problem - he couldn’t pick up on social cues or know how to read a crowd. The guy had a really sharp mind when it came to the law (and I think students at my former law school still use one of the outlines he’d created), but his social skills were extremely lacking. Last I heard, he was working for a local firm, pretty much in a “back room” somewhere, where he wouldn’t have much interaction with clients or other associates. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262/46 "2014-07-17T14:52:54Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Whether it’s an empty threat or not, he might still \*threaten \*to destroy the asshole at-will. Especially if it’s an off-the-record (verbal) exchange that’s not being filmed or otherwise recorded. It sounds like the guy is just sounding off. > > Personally, I’m hoping lawyer-guy offers pro-bono legal representation to everyone that this asshole has wronged. Well yeah. There is no law that states you actually have to have the means to carry out your threats.😉 Here’s to hoping both assholes get exactly what they deserve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262.md?page=2)