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How's this 28min ago
This video's intro was hilarious! Keep up the well made and informative videos!
There is a prison cell waiting Rudy Giuliani and Don the Con Trump!
Crossbow arrows? Is this like the real life Dwight from the office?
i love your tie
I had a lawyer go missing in the middle of my divorce. Does that count? He received my money, filed the initial paperwork, and then just disappeared. I went to his office and found a folding chair and a plant and nothing else. Long story short, I had to go to stupid lengths to find him just so I could get his withdrawal from the case (Took me three years to get divorced). I filed a complaint with the state bar and they laughed and told me to get in line - the guy had a laundry list of deceitful behavior. He was later disbarred.
He was LATER disbarred?? I'm sure you had the same thought...
Nice to know that if you accrue a laundry list of deceitful behavior the bar _will_ get around to disbarring you at some point 🙃
Oh gd that's worse than what happened to a family friend, the dental surgeon she's sueing for medical malpractice vanished off the face of the earth for slightly less time than triggers an automatic default judgement. They were able to contact his malpractice insurance, and so for a time the goals of both lawyers were aligned- finding the damn guy.
Also he might have administered anesthesia without a current lisence to do so. I think the family friend has reported him to the state liscencing board, I don't have any updates but I wouldn't be suprised if the result is similar. He also has a history of moving his practice to different counties.
"We sent him a summons him for court, but we just kept finding damned plants, folding chairs, and dead ends."
Was your lawyer real life Lionel Hust?!
Stealing an orphan's inheritance is like looney tunes* villain level shit. I'm glad the guy got caught.
Literally Count Olaf
Loony Toons crimes deserve Loony Toons punishments.
What happened to her mother?
@@iapetusmccool Being smashed with a 30 ft 1 ton hammer
@@iapetusmccool Yeah. Drop a piano on him!
I had a client who went to immigration court at age 17 on the same day his then lawyer got arrested. He had no lawyer but was told by the immigration judge he needed to admit to whether his asylum claim was made up or not next time he appeared. The next time he went to court he went with another incompetent attorney who had him write out that his asylum claim was fake (all he had to do was withdraw his asylum claim). The judge then barred him from ever getting a green card. When this was appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, there was only one question before the panel: “Can a judge tell a minor without a lawyer to confess a crime?” The 3 judges (all from top law schools) wrote a 10 page decision that denied my client’s appeal. Funny thing was they never addressed the only issue in the case. Not one word about him being a minor or the initial judge’s actions.
This is really disturbing and needs more publicity
Sounds like he dodged a bullet. That cultural and societal 3rd world country that claims to be united and consisting of states on the North American continent is better avoided.
@@TomJacobWI dunno how you could possibly think that when my home country for example is literally run by drug cartels and the president is a tik tok star who has no real power.
Is it okay to talk about your client to dozens of strangers online?
@@elisabethheiman2104 Tell me my client's name.
You included an attorney harassing his ex girlfriend, so I was surprised you didn't include the similar self destruction of the Chief Judge of New York State. Sol Wachtler was so widely respected in NY that he was considering resigning from the NY State Court of Appeals (in NY the Supreme Court are the trial level courts) to run for governor as a Republican. I believe Wachtler was the person who first said that if they wanted to, a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. If he ran for governor he most likely would have won since he would have run in 1994, the year George Pataki beat Mario Cuomo. Unfortunately, he destroyed his life instead. Judge Wachtler was married but had an affair with a woman who eventually ended the relationship. He wasn't happy about that and decided to get her back by threatening to murder both his former mistress and her daughter. He made these threats over the phone with a disguised voice. His plan was to terrorize the woman so badly that she would run back to him in hopes that he could protect her. Instead she called either the FBI or the police, but it was the FBI that identified Wachtler as the terrorist and arrested him. Instead of moving into the governor's mansion, he moved into a prison where he was stabbed and almost died. Upon his release, the hard line law and order judge became an advocate for prison reform.
Sol Wachtler was a graduate of the Washington & Lee University School of Law. By the time I started law school at W&L, Wachtler was already in prison. During my criminal law class, one of my classmates made a comment about the case we were studying and how the defendant in the case was a criminal and how that situation could never happen to him because he wasn't a criminal. Our professor, Roger Groot, did not like that comment. So he told us about the downfall of Sol Wachtler because Wachtler "lost his f*cking mind." After his release, Wachtler spoke at a W&L alumni event in Manhattan. I attended the speech mostly out of curiosity. But he actually impressed me with the way he took responsibility for his actions. He said that what he did was horrible and inexcusable and that he deserved to go to prison. But I had to agree with him that prison conditions needed to be improved.
Very interesting, thank you for sharing
I have a friend who, for a while, made custom crossbows. He said he would never, ever use them in a crime because, well... "Gee, sir, you're the only one within 20 miles of the crime scene who's regularly seen with a crossbow...."
Your friend should buy a cheap Amazon (or something) crossbow. He's got the perfect alibi. "If I was going to use a crossbow wouldn't I use one of my own instead of that piece of shit?"
@@jb888888888 Then Amazon gets subpoenaed and he goes down in flames. Honestly, if you're looking for an alibi, the last place you look should be a major international retailer that undoubtedly keeps payment records long past when they're needed.
@@jb888888888 You're still failing to cover the paper trail, and now you're even leaving behind living witnesses who can potentially testify that you were both present in the story that day and purchasing the murder weapon.
Honestly, I'm dealing with amateurs. If the goal is for some silly reason to commit a crime with a crossbow, the dude MAKES them. He would assuredly know how to make one from untraceable scraps in his own workshop that would fit the shoddiness requirement while also working well enough to get the job done. Problem, meet solution. No messy witnesses or paper trail. Gloves and what have you as well as a convenient and unintentional-looking breakage that caused the weapon to be abandoned at the scene, failed before it could load a second bolt.
THAT is a proper red herring. Really stupid idea still since the police undoubtedly know the definition of a double bluff and would be suspicious enough to investigate given even a shred of a hint of a motive, but the false trail is as good as it can be while fulfilling the absurd requirements laid out.
@@jb888888888 "sir we have video of you at the grocery store taking the crossbow out of the Amazon Locker"
@@ThePCguy17
How do you know this much about how to not get caught commuting a murder?
Lets not forget about the 2 Pennsylvania judges that would sentence minors for extended stays in juvenile centers for kickbacks. What is known as the "kids for cash" scandal.
My brain auto played the stupid "Cars 4 kids" commercial proving it's an attention catching ad but it's still obnoxious.
2 who we know about :/
Yes, that was an utterly despicable case.
Behind The Bastards did a good episode on them
That was a sickening story.
Holy crap that "fighting judge" was heinous. Fist-fighting a lawyer because people wanted to *retain their rights*? Ugh.
Not an attorney story, but instead a former judge story. Around 10 or so years ago in my current district, one judge lost his patience with a witness, pulled out a handgun from the floor next to his shoes, aimed it at her, and threatened to shoot her if she didn't, "get her act together." Needless to say, he was quickly removed and replaced within a few months.
Since folks are posting good stories with lawyers, mine is from a few years ago. I went to see a lawyer for assistance with setting up probate for my deceased wife. After showing her my paperwork and what I needed done, she looked at me and said, "You're 90% done. All you have to do now is file this at the probate court and pay the processing fee. I could take this on for you but honestly, I'd simply be taking your money at this point." So it was nice to hear from an expert that I didn't need her expertise and save me some money.
That's what that 'vigorously defending clients interests' and 'not enriching themselves at cost to the client' parts mean. She's one of the good ones, make sure to avail yourself of her services if you ever need another consult.
Towards the end of 2001, I had the luck of getting a good lawyer. He got the state to run my time concurrent with a yet to be determined Federal sentence I was facing. His Name was John Livingston, was then practicing near Dayton, Ohio. I don't think he was a new lawyer either(he was around 40), just really passionate about his work. If it wasn't for him I'd probably still be locked up, instead of running a business and taking care of things the right way for the past 15 years. I had paid lawyers, that didn't do shit except take my money, then make excuses. I fired them, he stepped in as a PD, and did a very fine job. Thank you, Mr. Livingston, I owe you.
It is always good to hear about people in those kinds of jobs that have not lost the passion and drive in the face of harsh reality.
Everyone makes fun of lawyers, until they need one.
What's the likelihood this MrRagequitnow person IS John Livingston just using this chance to bait clients.
@@Leongon using your third eye the right way.
He did say he runs a business. Coincidence?!
John Livingston Seagull?
Here is a video idea: are there lawsuits that backfired spectacularly? I mean lawsuits that lead, through discovery, or court proceedings lead to outcomes that were complete opposites of the ones intented by the lawsuits, or that created such backlash, that the suing party would've been so much better not suing? Or outcomes that led to law changes that made the suit completely illegal ?
Universal vs. Nintendo
Silicon Knights vs. Epic
I interviewed 4 lawyers for a civil case. Turned out I should have sued in a different state because of where the contract was. None of them told me that. It wasn't until I lost and watched a judge from a different state disregard the contract completely that a lawyer finally said, "you should have sued them in your home state."
That was 60 grand later. Even judges told me to file in that state and it was the dumbest and most expensive thing I ever did.
I'm just shocked that judges fighting lawyers isn't how Florida's judicial system typically operates.
That was the exception. Normally they determine guilt or innocence by seeing whether the defendant weighs the same as a duck.
I think that generally speaking, firearms are required...
Floridian here. Our system works great! We just all try our best to avoid the courts like the plague because they won’t help you. The system works if nobody witnesses it failing. SMH.
@@DKonigsbach ah, I imagine they get many cases of involuntary Newtification then
I mean, considering how our state government is run, including our supposedly democratic "elections", I'm really surprised whenever the Party allows someone to get in trouble...
I don't understand why the punishment for anyone within the legal system breaking the law isn't an immediate ban from working in the legal system anymore. Not only did they commit a crime that they should be aware of, but they also broke the trust people have in the legal system which should be a banable offense. If they want to have the power to remove people's freedoms (i.e. locking them up in a cage) they should be held to a higher standard than the average person who can't do that.
It's almost like the law means jack shit to those privileged in this country.
Ironically the ATF is in charge of "regulating" firearms. Committed fraud and still kept their positions like it never happened. And other things.
They need to work something, and did get the education... Guy I went to highschool with ended up a low-level paralegal checking basic contracts: He went to university and passed msc in law, but was convicted of fencing a stolen bicycle during studying.
Which meant he was banned from all jobs in the legal profession but the absolute bottom of the pile for 20 years. Sure he still works the legal profession, technically speaking, but in terms of career, he's done. Lifetime earnings, from an expected couple of millions to lower end of the median wage.
People in power should absolutely be held to higher standards and face harsher judgements, because their abuse of that power erodes the public's trust in it. Lawyers, doctors, cops, and presidents, for instance.
Absolutely agree, if you are a judge, lawyer, LEO, legislator etc. It should be one strike, otherwise the integrity of the entire system is compromised. This is one reason every aspect of the US legal system is broken. The people making the laws are money hungry power whores who care about keeping themselves rich and privileged, and nothing else. The people enforcing the laws are essentially the same, with more emphasis on power and privilege. The only thing that really varies is the scope. A senator can affect the entire country, a beat cop would only affect individuals in his locality. All of them instinctively understand that they are part of the same system and protect each other, so the system is almost impossible to change. They've made it so that it is nearly impossible to hold any individual in their entire ecosystem accountable.
Mr. Legaleagle, I have a question. I have been told that ignorance is no excuse for not following the law. Considering how many laws there are, how can I be expected to follow all of them? Even police officers with a degree in criminal justice have to look them up.. so if the professional lawmen don't even know them - how can I be expected to?
The few times I have had to interact with lawyers in their official capacity, they have always been the epitome of professionalism, and I was grateful for their help and/or their service to the public.
"Some lawyers serve their clients" is the new "One of the movies ever made"
This is, truly, one of the videos.
"ITS LAWYERING TIME" then he Lawyered everything and everywhere. Truly one of the moments in cinema
@@user-eq9xs5fz9u The first one in cinema to make a lawyerillion dollars
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My criminal defense attorney does thankfully serve his clients
A relative had bad experiences with lawyers. He climbed a tree as a child and touched an electric wire that was both too low and not supposed to be there, which may explain why they didn't trim the tree. Now, ignoring the fact that the electric company came out and raised the wire and then claimed it had always been that high and that he must have been standing tippy-toe on the top twigs that won't even support birds, they also seemed to be able to influence lots of local lawyers into either not taking the case or in taking the case, dawdling, and wasting time instead of taking it to court so that the filing deadlines would elapse.
Finally, he got a lawyers who was willing to take his case. But he told him it was too late to pursue. Apparently, that wasn't true and he merely wanted to pursue it without the family's knowledge so that he could pocket all the settlement for himself. The case was thrown out and for various other reasons the lawyer was disbarred. Fast-forward a few years when he turns 18 and he files his suit as an adult. The electric company says the case was already disposed. The judges realizes shenanigans were afoot at many different levels and finally lets the case come to court.
To be fair, 18 is a better age to get a large settlement.
Lawyers are humans too. Some are good, some bad in every profession but any involved with the legal system get scrutinized much more closely. Same way cops, just takes a few bad ones to ruin public relations with an entire police department.
In principle I would agree with you. But which lawyer, exactly, was the "good" lawyer in this case?
@@ladyaj7784 none
@@Direblade11 he seems alright enough to sue at 18 so probably will get dimes
All discussion of professionalism and proper procedure out the window, being so irritated at someone that you just whoop their ass then come back in the room like “my bad” is crazy
The penalty for malfeasance needs to be increased.
Making a mockery of the courts by abusing your position should be something that gets you imprisoned for life
it's malice not negligence. needs to make examples of people to discourage others to try it.
Things you don't want to be told by a judge:
"I hereby sentence you to ____."
"You're out of line."
"Hot dog. Yep. That's me."
"I ain't got no shame in my game"
"For a broken heart, dont use a crossbow, use a trebuché"
honestly that was kinda hilarious
I live in Michigan I was so shocked to hear this happened near me lmao
Also:
‘I’m holding you in contempt of court.’
‘Now didn’t I tell you next time you appear in my court room to dress appropriately?’
I am surprised how quickly the lawyer followed the judge out for a fight. Like he didn't think it was even slightly unusual.
It’s absolutely sickening that he was applauded when he came back in as if he was in the right and the lawyer was in the wrong for not waving his client’s CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL.
@@richardalmeida2646 Two guys leave, one guy comes back in. The guy who has the power of life and (almost) death over you for the next 5 minutes. Wouldn't you applaud?
Bog standard for Brevard I'm afraid... there's seriously *something* in the water here.
Ugh. 🙄😠
That reminds me of a comic I drew back in the 90's, about a couple friends who up and moved to LA to try and make it as aspiring hip hop artists. And in one of the first issues they're standing around and happen to be outside a courthouse, commenting on how the crime is just through the roof. And one is like naahhh it's not so bad.
The courthouse door bursts open and an old-school judge with black robes, the poofy white wig, and a gavel, comes sprinting down the stairs. He yanks open someone's car door, shouts "GUILTY, BITCH!" knocks her out with the gavel, throws her on the ground, then hops the curb and races off down the sidewalk, knocking over a mailbox and sending a guy on a wheelchair flying into traffic. Then the one friend looks to the other and goes "Oh and just what the hell was THAT?!"
He probably expected that he'd wake up soon.
The worst attorney in my book were matrimonial attorneys. Amazing how a couple could start out with a friendly divorce and watch it go straight down the toilet when attorneys got involved. 33 year retired NYS Court Officer. I'm sure we could exchange great wild stories
I'd imagine a lot of that is lawyers asking questions that the couples should asked each other, long before marriage is proposed.
Yeah, I’ve heard a lot of aphorisms about how much of a mess family law/divorce cases can be. “The only people who win a divorce case are the attorneys.” “Criminal law involves the worst of people at their best, family law the best of people at their worst.”
A grandpa stealing from his granddaughter is despicable.
“The judge impregnated witness.”
How is his license reinstated?
✨ Corruption ✨
Yup 😨
The blue curtain is not for police alone
It's an exclusive club, and you're not in it!
Bill, now you know why women are so angered by the old boy's club. If his victim had been another man they would have given him the death sentence.🙄
I find it laughable that a judge can send inappropriate photos to staff, do a witness in his chambers, impregnate her, attempt to persuade her to terminate it, commit perjury, and end up with barely a slap on the wrist
There's no reason he should ever be reinstated as a judge
Also, for the record, it's impossible to find crossbow arrows fired at anything. Crossbows do not fire arrows, they fire bolts.
Especially ironic considering how anti abortion a lot of judges are...
Would you like to quarrel about this?
Unless someone manages to get a crossbow to fire an actual arrow that was meant to be fired by a bow. Which, while impractical, is not impossible.
Judges aren't essential workers, they're upper management, and get upper management privileges
@@aaronleverton4221 I see what you did there 😂
I've been in Judge Murphy's courtroom twice when I was younger (friend's case, not mine); and I will say that Judge Murphy was super nice and fair and funny during both of those times.
I remember when this happened being super shocked.
It's crazy seeing it again after graduating law school.
That judge and public defender getting into a fight in court was like something out of a movie.
I had a nice lawyer when a guy that I rear-ended because my car hydroplaned sued me. A grown man in his 40s tried to sue a 19 year old college student. For no damage to his truck (he was in a big work truck and I was in a little KIA) and no injuries.
My lawyer and I both showed up to court in suits and the other guy showed up in a flannel shirt and jeans and without a lawyer. After about 20 minutes the judge said that this is the real world, not court TV, and dismissed the case.
My friend was hit by a car while he was biking (and the car was at fault), and the driver tried to sue him. My friend countersued and won both cases. The lawyer was specialized in bike accidents, I think he took it pro-bono or offered to.
This is why I'm just gonna have a 80s or 90s F250 and not care about how it looks lol. Sucks that your car is probably mcfucked tho.
There’s a saying that someone who represents themselves pro se has a fool for a client.
Care to know what hydroplaning is considered under the law? Because that classification is why he filed a suit, and is a classification ALL 19 year old drivers SHOULD learn about before luck runs out.
If the man had hired legal representation, there would have been a very good chance he would have won, although probably highly limited on the amount the court would have granted since there was no injury and apparently at most, minimal damage if any.
When you hydroplane, in the rain or not, you are at that moment guilty of Failure to Control. The ticket can potentially be fairly costly, especially if you hit another vehicle and/or cause property damage.
Posted speed limit was 55mph. My cruise control was set to 55mph. The left rear control arm broke on a straight section of road and in a split second my car was sideways and no amount of counter-steer was correcting it.
I hit a large tree at that speed, driver's door first, that was growing directly in front of a residence. No property damage, I was the only vehicle involved. And the residents of the house did not want anything from me but to heal.
When I finally started coming around a few days later, a state trooper arrived with a ticket.
It mattered not that the cause was not due to my driving or that the very thing which holds a wheel straight had broken.
The trooper's case to me "I managed to get to your accident scene without crashing, as did the ambulance."
Even the second lawyer's office I contacted told me the best move is to just pay the ticket before the court date.
I had no one to sue and $220 was far cheaper than the retainer fee alone.
Oh yea... How was he to know anyone not related to him was in college? And exactly when did being a college student ever matter when it comes to civil cases? Do you seriously think you being in college is somehow special? As if you deserve immunity from your actions? You are SUPPOSED to educate in life dude. You don't get a cookie for doing what everyone capable is supposed to do.
What's next? A statue for breathing?
"Mommy, I went potty! I'm a good boy now huh?"
That's what I felt when reading that sentence you left.
You failed to control because you were not leaving a safe amount of space between you and the vehicle in front of you. And here in reality, in most cases, rear-ending another vehicle is usually the fault of the impacting vehicle.
You do not deserve the luck you experienced if you ask me. For you do not understand why the entire accident was your fault.
Absolutely NO accountability. Nothing but passing blame onto others. Be happy the one you hit did not obtain a minimum basic education. Watch your distance. Pay attention while driving a deadly weapon among other deadly weapons before you actually do hurt someone.
You see all of those other vehicles on the road, correct? Well those are called other people. And you SHARE the planet with those other people. None of this is yours. Its all of ours. Stop being careless on OUR roadways.
@@theduder2617 Good lord dude, who hurt you?
Literally stealing money from the hands of a little orphan girl. How in the sweet hell do you reach that point as a human being?
There are people that treat their children's birthday as a payday, immediately taking the toys given to them back to the store to return them and get booze and cigarettes for themselves. You learn to get creative when you give their kids gifts, otherwise you're just giving them more sadness.
Are you sure they're actually human? No really, has anyone checked them for a soul?
They are criminal scum trying to prevent a real life Batman, probably.
@@fix0the0spade you don't need a soul to have some basic dignity,
@@annana6098 I'd give those kids a restraining order from their neglectful parents
It’s so nice to see Devon do these.
It means things are rather calm at the moment.
The fighting judge is such a good example on how anything is legal in the US as long as it’s cool enough
pretty cool how a judge can punch someone and get a month vacation while the rest of us would pretty much go right to jail.
One wonders why the public defender didn't press charges...
...heck, one wonders why the public defender went into the hallway at all...
Do remember, it was an unpaid 'vacation'. And a hefty fine ($50k is new car money). So not all roses and rainbows, but yeah, the lack of immediate arrest and charges is kind of a slap in the face. 🙄
It may not be entirely clear in his explanation, but he was removed by the FL Supreme Court. He is no longer a judge.
@@KamikazeSOF2 fair enough. didn't come across that when i was looking for the $50k fine, but you are correct, it does look like he isn't a judge anymore. either way, normal people still would've been treated much harsher.
@@blankenstein1649 You're absolutely right. Especially fighting in a courthouse. We'd probably get a year or more.
Two judges in Pennsylvania, Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting bribes in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at the PA Child Care for-profit detention centers.
Yep. Judges took brides to send kids to jailhouses for profit.
Conaham agreed to plea guilty in one count and got 17.5 yrs in jail.
Ciavarella went to the trial and got 28 yrs.
Besides other criminal indictments for everyone involved, Penn. Supreme court had to overrule hundreds of sentencing of young kids as well as massive civil claims of them.
Netflix.... where's our docu-series.... This is definitely worthy!
LEVERAGE did an episode about this kind of scheme. It's how Nate gets back out of prison at the beginning of season 3.
I think Behind the Bastards did a couple episodes on this.
Oof, yeah, I saw a story about them recently and was just aghast.
Ah, yes; the Kids For Cash scandal.
One of the funniest lawyer jokes in media was from an episode of The Oblongs where two characters are talking to lawyers and one of them says to the lawyers, "But aren't you guys lawyers?" And they laugh before replying, "Goodness no, we're attorneys!"
*Thanks for the legal info, LegalEagle!*
Since you told one, I can. Years ago, when I used to work at Bronx criminal court, heard some lawyers telling lawyer jokes. (I HAD to join in). Heard one that has become my favorite. Q: How many lawyer jokes are there? A:. Two. The rest are true stories.
“some lawyers serve their clients“, there you go.
Love the username
Maybe remove the word, "their".
(Ex. Alex Jones' lawyer, supplying cell phone data)
" sometimes some lawyers serve some clients " is even better
@@alanfike in that case "some lawyers serve the greater good over and above their bottom-feeding clients' is probably more apt.
Okay okay, can we agree on “some lawyers.”?
"paragon of virtue, incest doer, dead since 1999"
The shade lmfao
Judge Murphy is a king amongst men. Conventual fight. He asked, challenge was accepted. No harm done. Fair game
I remember a judge repeatedly using a shock collar on a defendant who was giving no reason, a judge using a sex toy on himself while hearing a case, and several alleged cases of sexual harassment by judges... I think you need a separate "When Judges Go Wild" video... or miniseries.
*given no reason
@@andymiller6661 Giving, actually, although I was still inarticulate in my OP. The defendant's just standing there quietly, and the judge shocks him over and over... and the policy was said to have been to use it only against clear threats of violence. Was pretty disturbing to see, no matter what the defendant had done or was accused of.
@@Vinemaple Great. That explanation has nothing to do with the grammar correction.
@@andymiller6661 The defendant was giving her no reason to use the shock collar on him.
@@andymiller6661 the Grammar didn't need correcting, you were wrong.
As a St. Louisian, I have to say you summed up the McCloskeys and their antics pretty well. But we had another big "lawyers gone wild" moment way back in September 1987. Charles Hurth, a law student at St. Louis University at the time, was at a local bar with his buddies and had gotten too drunk for his own good. For some incomprehensible reason his buddies urged him to go up to a pretty female law student and bite her on the rear end. He went and did it, so hard that it broke the skin and caused her to need medical treatment.
If that had happened nowadays, he'd have been criminally prosecuted for sexual assault. But as we depressingly learned from your Revenge of the Nerds review, the late 1980s were just a different era. He wasn't arrested--but the girl did sue him for damages, and the story got the attention of the local media. There were so, so many puns that the newspapers came up with--when Hurth lost the case, an actual headline from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was "BOTTOM LINE" in big letters.
As awful as that is on every level, one of the worst simple injuries you can get from a human is a bite, due to all the bacteria and stuff living in people's mouths. This includes someone punching someone else in the face and having the victim's teeth break the attacker's skin.
Hey! Fellow St. Louisian here! Thank you, because I've never heard of the Hurth case. That's, umm... an... interesting one.
I respectfully disagree as one St. Louisian to another. Nice to meet you by the way. I don't know if the McCloskeys are terrible people or so much about their antics. I just don't think their actions were entirely egregious as this video suggests. I'm not sure why Legal Eagle omitted or unbeknownst to him, never mentioned that it was not a lawful and peaceful protest. They tore down a large iron gate to a private estate and were on private property. Saying only that they, "walked by their house" is not an accurate account of the event. Or that the financial contributions to prosecute them were politically motivated. My point is not so much about the McCloskeys and more about the case being on this list. And about how a channel about the law failed to mention the distinction between brandishing a firearm to pedestrians and those illegally on private property. As, while not certain, in most States or even federally, usually changes things a lot.
Weird thing about the bite. Never heard about that. Anyway, I live in Asia now. Hope all is well back in our hometown. Go Cards!
He should just let her bite his ass back. A tooth for a tooth.
I laughed harder than I should have...😂
I was always a fan of George Remus going from prohibition era lawyer to bootlegger to murderer. Quite the story arc
"and then impregnated a witness in his judicial chambers."
"Hot dog. Yep, that's me."
Ok, ngl, he was having too much fun.
Wow. Just wow. The grandfather stealing from his OWN GRANDDAUGHTER and lawyer that stole from AN ORPHAN have special seats waiting just for them in hell. Hopefully seats with a large metal spike on the seat. Despicable 🤬
As someone orphaned in childhood, we get stolen from. A lot. Mine was the trust executrix. Adults generally suck.
Long ago I was trying to decide on law vs medicine; I interviewed at a law school, I was asked "do you want to help or hurt people?" I said help of course. They laughed and said medical school is that way.
The fact that this sounds like a law student joke does not bode well for the practice of law.
...This is a joke, right?
This sounds like a simpsons joke lol
Thank you so much for the contributions to peoples understanding the law. You are a rock star!
I will never understand people who go to school and study for years, spend all that money on education, just to throw it all away over something stupid. What a waste. Love your videos!
Heh I remember when I was 15 I collided with a car pulling out of a supermarket parking lot with my bicycle.
Some days later, the guy's lawyer sent us a letter detailing his planned lawsuit to get out liabilty insurance to pay for his car repairs (a whopping 150€). We went to see a lawyer and he laughed and said we don't need a lawyer, no judge will allow this case to go forward for the simple reason that he failed to hold short of the lot exit ramp when a cyclist was approaching. The fact I failed to notice him was irrelevant, since I had right of way it was his job to notice me. This is in addition to the fact that he lied in his incident report claiming I had headphones on and did not have my hands on the bars (which, even if they had been true would also have been irrelevant due to the simple fact he took right of way). He'd be laughed out of the district offices and his lawyer held in contempt for even daring to file it in a blatant attempt to extract money out of a client on a baseless case.
Didn't even charge us for the consultation. Nice guy.
Sure enough, aside from that letter we never heard a word about it again.
Dunno what happened, perhaps he decided against filing when we refused to pay him. Empty threat anyway, even if by some miracle he had managed to get it to court I could easily disprove both of the lies by the fact that there was a camera in that parking lot with perfect view of the accident site. An accident which claimed the life of the portable speakers I had been using at the time, the broken remains of which are still in my possession to this day.
You have the evidence, sue him for damages :^)
@@Direblade11 Ah yes, my 10€ offbrand speaker must be avenged!
It was a golden opportunity to reply with a variant of the famous reply to a lawyer who complained about fans throwing "possibly dangerous" paper planes. The full reply said: "Dear Mr. Cox, Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters. Very truly yours, James N. Bailey, General Counsel Cleveland Stadium Corp."
Hmmm, bicycle and Euros, are you Dutch?
@@Xeridanus If he was Dutch, then it wouldn't have mattered that the cyclist had right of way. The car driver would have been at fault through strict liability.
Just a tip, legal Eagle, because definition of terms is important in Law: crossbows do not fire arrows*. They fire bolts*.
This should be an objection
Seconded
Sustained.
sir I submit a correction for the previous definition, stringed projectile weapons do not 'fire', they 'loose'
@@BazzBrother I move for a mistrial.
Edit: Grounds - Me Angy.
I am a Notary and my Boss's wife needed a notarization yesterday. I was going to do it free of charge. When she spoke told her attorney they said they were "more comfortable" with them doing it for $100. I bet they are...
That's just excessive, given that that's $95 worth of "Clerical/Administrative" fees, at least by Pennsylvania Notary standards.
Dude, I've been watching your videos for more than a year, and the way you've been working in your humour lately is HILARIOUS!!
If you make a job where the whole job description is how well you can win an argument by any means necessary, I feel like this sorta behaviour ends up inevitable.
The solution is to make the penalties for screwing around way higher. A 57 month sentence for what could be RICO is pathetic. The judge who was allowed to get his license back is pathetic. Given the power the judiciary wields (and by extension, lawyers), the penalties for misconduct need to be unrecoverable. Life without parole would be a start.
It's not really any means necessary, though. That's why there are rules of the court. I think the stigma comes more from the fact that we, in America, believe that every person deserves a fair defense. So attorneys must defend even the most vile and disgusting people. Now I still believe that's the correct way to handle things. I just think that's why attorneys get a bad rep.
Good thing that's not the job description.
They have ethics and court rules they must abide by. Stop watching so many movies.
Amongus?
I think the destruction of the beehives angered me the most. The gall (and greed) of those two idiots, the disappointment of the kids and the congregation as a whole, the needless death and destruction of thousands of adorable fuzzy bees… AAAGH!
I have not watched the video yet and the incomprehensibility of this comment is perfect
@@rosehirstius Remember the husband and wife who aimed guns at BLM protestors? It has to do with those two.
@@eskarinakatz7723 I hadn't gotten to that part of the video lol
Something tells me that if it was a church instead of a Jewish Community center they wouldn't have done it. 😑
Also, yes leave the bees alone the planet is dying because there are not enough of them.
I guess if somebody put bees on my private property I would do the same thing. He was specific to not mention whose property it actually was so that he could make his point how he wanted and not tell the truth of the situation-- A LAWYER.
"Obviously for that you need a trebuchet." - One of us! One of us!
I saw the Judge Murphy video a few times before; still can’t understand why he should have gotten so irate over a defense attorney refusing to waive their client’s rights.
Certainly not behavior become of a Judge. Surprised he was allowed to go back to the bench right after starting a fight.
Correction to 5:40s correction, there was a significant amount of cross-species breeding between us and Neanderthals, and so they may very well have been at least some of that lawyer’s ancestors
Had to scroll far too long for this comment. Modern humans do have a small amount of Neanderthal DNA and by extension Neanderthal ancestry. The correction is what needs correction lol
My friend recently became a barrister and he's has to learn how to fit in with a bunch of his colleagues who he cannot stand. He's the one working class guy who has to hide his accent amongst his far wealthier peers.
He does amazing work though, it's people like him that actually advocate for people like me, who have no voice to defend ourselves.
A real-life Rumpole of the Bailey! Except he's probably sick of that comment already
@@Vinemaple Actually no! You're the first to make it. I'll have to tell him :)
Your pain regarding McCree made me think of Ted from SCRUBS, "Oh, c'mon! A GOOD lawyer couldn't win this case!"
"hot dog. yep. that's me," is absolutely the funniest thing someone in that position could say.
"Hot dog, yep, that's me."
Legal Eagle: * Dies *
TBH dude was pretty cut.
Yeah, I'd say some vital parts of his brain were cut.
"Whoa, Mosquito, you became a lawyer too?"
"Well Barry, I was already a blood sucking parasite, all I needed was a briefcase!"
The editing is stellar.
Had a chiropractor who was so stupidly sue-happy I had to leave despite how good he was at what he did. We were in a car collision, but the other driver admitted fault right off the cuff, no dispute required. Gave all his insurance info and his insurance paid for hospital and chiropractic bills, no issues. Even after I told my chiropractor all this (even though saying "We're not suing" should have been enough), he still wouldn't stop. It was crazy.
". . . his inability to keep it in his robe . . ."
Devin never fails to make me burst out laughing, even though I just shot coffee out of my nose. But the pain is worth it!
I nearly fell off my bed laughing lol
I read about a judge who couldn't. Was using a sex toy while hearing a case.
@@Vinemaple I know exactly which you're talking about. 💀
Objection! Defendant is not a "crossbower", they are an arbalest. The term used by the prosecution is prejudicial.
I object your objection! The average American wouldn't know what an arbalest is, the defense is trying to use obscure language to distract the jury from the point.
Also, crossbows do not fire arrows, they shoot bolts. Clearly, if an "arrow" was found at the scene, it could not have come from the defendant's crossbow.
@@AGrumpyPanda the average American doesn't know what Habeus Corpus is.
@@johnjessop9456 the only time it's useful to know is when you're looking for the form.
@@Bacteriophagebs Counterpoint: The average layman does not know the difference between crossbow bolts and bow arrows - therefor, the use of the term itself should be deemed irrelevant and, if need be, examination of the projectile should be conducted to deduce the means by which it is intended to be shot.
Additionally, even then, one should not assume that the arbalest used proper ammunition, it is quite plausible one could use a crossbow to shoot a bow arrow - improper, but doable.
In either case, how many people are there who would have both one of the types of ammunition (bolt or arrow, whichever expert examination determines it to be), the means to shoot it, *and* the motive to commit such an act? Determining a criminal is a process of extensive investigation and elimination (or, it *should* be).
Legal system: I have no idea why the public has no trust in us!
Also the legal system:
love your vids man they are educational and hilarious., also that scream to show that judge without his shirt 😂.
I was at the library the other day and picked up Sidney Powells book out of curiosity (which librarian approved that purchase and why is a continuing mystery). I made it halway through the first chapter before driving it right back to the night book depository. It's so incredibly badly written that I wonder at how Powell graduated grade school, nevermind law school.
Um.. why did you give Sindney Powell money?
@@adjwindu70 um...do you understand how libraries are different from bookstores?
@@adjwindu70 technically they didn't since it was at a library
@@adjwindu70 They didn't, they borrowed it from the library. Granted, currency may have been involved in the acquisition of the book at some point before the library got it...?
Plot twist: the librarian was a brilliant attorney in her time who only got that book as a famous case study of how not to approach your career.
5:12 One of the reasons why people don't have confidence in the judiciary The man has proven to be dishonest had no problem lying under oath impregnate a witness And was removed from the bench for 6 years when he should have been permanently removed but no let's put him back to continue to disgrace the judiciary.
You are 🔥 sir 💯🙌🏾
The judge that won that fight is genuinely the best thing I’ve ever seen
If you do a round two, be sure to include the early 20th Century lawyer whose career ended when he got into a fistfight with his own client while in court. His name was Harland Sanders, later known as Colonel Sanders-- yes, *that* Colonel Sanders.
From ass-kicking good to finger-licking good.
holy shit-
The Judge breaking bad reminds me of when a brothel keeper and Dominatrix, Cynthia Payne, was prosecuted. In the film made about her (Personal Services), at the end when she is standing in court, the Judge, the Police witnesses, the barristers - all the most important people in the legal profession were all her old customers!
The one who shot his ex-girlfriend with a crossbow needs to know that Cupid making people fall in love by shooting them with an arrow is actually a myth and doesn't work in real life.
gotta say, imagine getting dragged into court on homocide charges with a bow or crossbow and your defense being purely 'but cupid pulls it off, i didn't know (insert random ex-lover's name) would pass during the process'
@@alyssavanderklift9296
Well, if they're Scottish and you use a longbow, and it's in the market square, it's actually legal in the UK.
@@nvelsen1975 nope, myth.
@@nvelsen1975 it's only in York, and doesn't have to be a market square just anywhere within the walls of the city and the scotsman has to be armed. Oh and you can't do it on a sunday unless the scotsman is drunk. we have a simmilar law for the welsh in Chester where you can shoot them any timee after midnight again as long as it is within the city walls.
Thing is, Cupid is solidly based on Eros, son of Aphrodite and he couldn't give a shit about love at all.
He was a trickster god like Loki, that played with the hearts and feelings of mortals to cause mayhem.
I was not prepared for that OSRS meme, your editor has all my respect 😂
One minor correction - on the McCloskey thing, the property in question was not Private Property, it was a Private Place, which is a separate legal distinction unique to the City of St. Louis. (Actually predates modern private property designations). These are self governing enclaves more similar to a condominium association than a private property.
Judges are one of those professions where there should be no second chances. The system simply cannot tolerant it.
Kinda like air traffic controller - no one gets a free pass on a plane crash. Or public engineer, etc.
Disagree on civil engineer. There have been many situations of mistakes being made, then improvements being made by the entire industry
Over penalizing mistakes leads to cover-ups instead of admissions and improvements. Knowingly committing crimes is not a mistake, however.
unless you assign judges as air traffic controllers lol
But the people who would be approving that request would be judges themselves, so.
@@ViirinSoftworks good point.
After a lot of serious videos, it's great to lay back and watch this one :)
Thank you for your dedication towards content creation!
So, you don't think this is serious?
@@kbqvist Yeah I took it seriously too. I didn’t like it at all.
@@kbqvist The sexual harassment judge that's back in his job boils my blood. I'm not for "locking people up and throwing away the key" - I'm all for rehabilitation over punishment. However, giving a judge who abused his power so severely this power back is beyond irresponsible.
Heck, I'm not even against them practicing law or whatever, as long as it's in an area where they can not hurt anyone that way (e.g. becoming a corporate law lawyer or whatever).
But giving them back this power? Irresponsible, and hard to understand.
@@johndoe6032
Oh definitely.
When I made that comment, I was referring to my own response to the video.
The individuals discussed about in this video deserve far direr consequences for their actions and it was saddening to see some of them (like the judge) barely even affected.
As you said, while the presentation is funny, the cases certainly aren't, and we need to support people who can come forward against people like these.
This needs to be its own series.
That tie is FANTASTIC!!!
LegalEagle - "Some lawyers serve their clients with honor and distinction"
On-screen caption at 0:16 - "Not ALL lawyers!" 😂
Whole new meaning to "trial by combat."
I *really* want to see that fight.
You probably don't. Whatever you're imagining, dial back 99% on the Street Fighter, and dial up 25% on Frasier slap-fighting with his brother, and seriously crank up the hair/clothes-pulling, almost inevitably ending with a deadlocked pseudo-hug.
That Judge, right on man
By the description (two old men grabbing at each other's collars) we can probably conclude that the two of them were not good fighters and it was probably not as exciting as it sounds.
@@Colopty one of them was ex-military, so may have had some moves. If anything it would at least be entertaining like the bad fight scene in Bridget Jones' Diary.
@@ichijofestival2576 yeah but I want to see exactly THAT
Loving the tie!
Suddenly I’m more confident about my ability to become and work as a lawyer. I think I’ll be alright
5:43 Correction to your correction, basically all of us have some percentage of neanderthal DNA due to interbreeding between the species before they went extinct.
This guy simply got a far, far larger share than most it seems.
Gingers actually have the most Neanderthal DNA out of modern humans
I think it was mostly Europeans that interbred with Neanderthals, but I could be wrong.
@@ElPayasoMalo Think pretty much everyone outside of Sub-Saharan Africa has some Neanderthal DNA and ancestry, Plus a lot of Asians have Denisovan DNA, who also interbred with Neanderthals.
Objection, Neanderthals being stupid has been disproven
People gonna fvck, even if it's a different kind of "people". (Or in some cases, animals/fruit/veg and asst objects)
I lost it at 1:37 with the RuneScape doubling money scam.
Can you please do another one of these. Or maybe one highlighting outstanding lawyers. They deserve a shout out too.
I've needed a lawyer once. He did an amazing job getting me what I needed from my insurance.
1:37 Absolutely spot-on shoutout. Scammers stealing millions of dollars from fatherless children is a tradition as old as time in RuneScape.
“Only comes with 320 Free spiders” 😂 I guess I’ll have to pass
Love the Arrested Development reference!!!
That tie is amazing.
I was hoping you'd cover the incident with a couple of judges fighting outside a strip club in Indianapolis a few years back. I think it was during a conference and I think one of them got shot by a passer by.
Yes.. If I remember that one correctly wasn't one of the judges from Louisville KY? That was a hot mess.
WOW, that sounds entertaining! 🤣
What the hell???
It was actually three judges in a White Castle parking lot. They had originally gone to a strip club, but it was closed. One of the judges gave a random car driving past the middle finger, and it parked and the two men inside came out and started fighting the judges. It ended with the driver shooting two of the judges and sending them to the hospital in critical condition.
Shot dead?
You know the postal service recalled a series of stamps commemorating famous American lawyers.
People couldn't decide which side to spit on.
I cannot tell you how happy I was that you put a "liar liar" scene in this video 😁
worth the wait
Telling that man to have more shame in his game killed me 🤣 he's unbelievable
I have had lots of bad luck with lawyers
They're like handymen
They promise a bright and shining 🌟 outcome pretending to understand your needs and agreeing to help your ideas come to fruition
You pay them
They destroy things
Then they disappear, duck dodge, dodge and duck , refusing to be held accountable
Oh dear, 😬love the comparison.😉👍
I am a handyman, so I take direct exception to this comment. I have refused to accept any payment from a client who was unhappy with my work, because I stand behind my work. There's plenty of specialty contractors who perform atrociously, destroy customer property, and then refuse to make things right, so it ain't the category of worker, it's the person doing the work.
The bigger takeaway from your comment is that if you've needed a lawyer that frequently, YOU are most likely the problem, not the lawyers.
I had one bad experience, and got screwed over by him. Lawyers are like mechanics, some are better than others.
private private. Truer words have never been spoken.
Had a handy-man/roofer do a complete roof reno last year. Said it would cost 11k, signed a contract with him that stipulated a done by date, and all the things I needed done and in what order since it is my home and office. They started, worked really hard at tearing the old off, and getting the sheathing put back, then disappeared for a month...during NOVEMBER. I had to climb up and put the moisture barrier on just so my house would not leak. I finally got him and his team back, 3 or 4 hours at a time every few days. When I made my first payment everything was groovy. Second half went to crap.
Called a lawyer, they were uninterested said those cases are hard to do. Called the state AG. He said I should put a complaint in, which I did. Have not heard back. Called several times, keep getting the run around. Ended up paying another crew to finish the job. They were to take pictures before they started so I had proof of what the other crew messed up. They swear they did, but lost them. So I am now out half the original 11k, and another 8k for that second crew to fix what they first crew effed up.
Even the 2nd crew was hard to get onsite they would come one day do 3 hours, then a week later come two days in a row. It was and still is maddening.
If lawyers are half that bad, I feel sorry for anyone who has to use them. Obviously I know not all are...but enough to make it difficult.
If you go through enough lawyers to have "back luck with them", you ain't livin' right 🤨
I love the reaction you had after reading "Hot dog. Yup. That's me."