Catch&Release wrote:
Oh yeah...Next time you see Mr. Bell, ask him to market his Two Hearted and Third Coast Ales more aggressively. I'd rather have those any day over OBERON.
I'll be in Holland (just down the coast from you) this Sat., and Kalamazoo a week from Monday.
If I see Larry B, I'll relay your suggestions to him. I'll be sure to down a pint of each for you sort of as an act of
BN professional courtesy.
The real issue/question of the day was this:
Can one claim to be an "attorney" for the purpose of making their point seem more credible, even if they are neither a Juris Doctor nor member of the bar, provided they have been selected by others to represent them in business matters as their advocate, as long as they do not claim to be an attorney at law?
Black's gives multiple definitions of the word.
Here's an example of the question:
BNers are pi$$ed off that the tailgate at a specific JB show has banned beads and pirate flags, but are told by the security guards that it is not the venue that is to blame, but rather that state law prohibits both of those items.
Not known for gullibility, a few BNers e-mail LIPH Larry and ask if he will represent them to straighten out this unfair practice.
Larry says he is a research attorney, and is to busy travelling around seeing Jimmy to take on the matter.
They then ask Catch & Release, who says that when he's not representing plaintiffs, he's busy tricking fish and then showing them what a nice guy he really is by letting them go and eating a burger instead.
He urges them to download and print out his card, and reminds them to give him a call if a guard ever roughs them up for wearing beads and carrying a pirate flag.
Disappointed, they PM Longboardn'.
"LB", they say, "We know you are not a lawyer, but you'll stand up to these guys for us, won't you?"
Longboardn' wants to say no, but they entice him with a case of Landshark Lager, and he agrees. They even sign a contract saying that he will try his best to convince the chief of security at the concert to change his mind based on the absence of any state regs prohibiting the stuff.
At the tailgate, LB gets nowhere with the Top Cop.
Frustrated, he says " Look, I am an attorney, and I know of what I speak. I represent several members of a Buffett group, and they are allowed by the state to wear beads and carry pirate flags".
The guard is caught OFF-guard, and says "O.K., but just this once".
Did Longboardn' violate the state legal practice act by falsley claiming to be a lawyer , or since he never claimed to be an attorney at law, was he not being misleading, and instead just claiming his current position as advocate or attorney outside of the scope of the legal system?
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