Is this another "Frivolous" law suit? Or just a big waste of time?

Lawyer's Price For Missing Pants: $65 Million

By Marc Fisher

washingtonpost.com

Thursday, April 26, 2007; B01

When the neighborhood dry cleaner misplaced Roy Pearson's pants, he took action. He complained. He demanded compensation. And then he sued. Man, did he sue.

Two years, thousands of pages of legal documents and many hundreds of hours of investigative work later, Pearson is seeking to make Custom Cleaners pay -- would you believe more than the payroll of the entire Washington Nationals roster?

He says he deserves millions for the damages he suffered by not getting his pants back, for his litigation costs, for "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort," for the value of the time he has spent on the lawsuit, for leasing a car every weekend for 10 years and for a replacement suit, according to court papers.

Pearson is demanding $65,462,500. The original alteration work on the pants cost $10.50.

By the way, Pearson is a lawyer. Okay, you probably figured that. But get this: He's a judge, too -- an administrative law judge for the District of Columbia.

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How is this going to help the Consumer Advocate Lawyers?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502763.html?nav=most_emailed

Should you rate yourself?

This professor actually put up his own posting.

http://unlocked-wordhoard.blogspot.com/2006/04/rate-my-professors.html

Brilliant idea!

When a lawyer goes to court, she might forget to tell her client that her cell phone with camera is prohibited in the courthouse building.

Thus, a GENIUS idea: a cell phone storage kiosk, outside the secuity checkpoint, like a coat check, where folks can safely store the cell phone while they are inside the courthouse. It works for both lawyers and their clients.

Read this article from the ABA Journal and learn more.

Why didn't I think of that?

http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/a13celpark.html

Six Steps to Avoiding Foreclosure

David Bach The Automatic Millionaire

by David Bach

Posted on Monday, April 9, 2007, 12:00AM

If you're a homeowner and are having trouble paying your mortgage, this article could save your house and your family's finances.

As I write this, several million Americans are in jeopardy of losing their greatest investment to foreclosure within the next 18 months. But help is available, and there are ways to work with your lender to help keep your home.

Click here to continue reading this article.

Lesson Learned: Type the certified mail number on the correspondence

A Few Extra Keystrokes Could Win Your Case

Years agoa new associate covered for a senior associate at a motion for summary judgment he had filed in a small matter. A key element that they had to prove was that a colleague had sent the other lawyer a notice letter. The file contained a yellow, flimsy copy (carbon copy paper, used in the old days) of the notice letter and a signed, dated certified mail receipt of the notice.

However, the other lawyer claimed he never received the letter and that the receipt must have been for some other communication. The judge denied the motion.

Lesson Learned: Type the certified mail identification number on the document so mail receipts can easily be matched to the document.

Courtesy of the ABA Litigation newsletter