lawyers and diving

[jjgibo]

So I am in the middle of this thing called law school. I am finishing my second year and this summer I will start my third and final year as a law student. Hopefully I will finish in December. Just thought I would share, but the real reason I am posting is that I want to find out if anyone out here or there or wherever is a diver and a lawyer. If you are, how often do you get to dive? what kind of law do you practice? does the law affect your diving or your diving affect your practice? or any bits of inormation you would like to let me know, if it is generally about being a lawyer or generally about diving. I wanna hear your thoughts.

 

[jjgibo]

So I am in the middle of this thing called law school. I am finishing my second year and this summer I will start my third and final year as a law student. Hopefully I will finish in December. Just thought I would share, but the real reason I am posting is that I want to find out if anyone out here or there or wherever is a diver and a lawyer. If you are, how often do you get to dive? what kind of law do you practice? does the law affect your diving or your diving affect your practice? or any bits of information you would like to let me know, if it is generally about being a lawyer or generally about diving. I wanna hear your thoughts.

On a funny note, why don't sharks attack lawyers?
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dunh dunh duhnnnn *Professional Courtesy* hahahahahahahahah

 

[justleesa]

I am very careful when we have a lawyer diving with us. A few years ago a couple did a dsd with us and went on to another Island to do it again and said that they did it here and knew it all. Well after the dive the "lawyer" claimed that they were not properly breifed and sued the op....not fun... :frown:

 

[jjgibo]

I am very careful when we have a lawyer diving with us. A few years ago a couple did a dsd with us and went on to another Island to do it again and said that they did it here and knew it all. Well after the dive the "lawyer" claimed that they were not properly breifed and sued the op....not fun... :frown:

oh my gosh that is so lame, they should be disbarred for being a jack a word.

 

[H2Andy]

bummer lisa... i wonder what the lawyer's damages were... you know, you
really don't have a case if you don't have damages

some lawyers get off on their ability to "sue" anybody (there's a word for them...
starts with an "a" and ends with "le")

some lawyers (particularly out of law school and with little experience) think
that suing somebody is the respect they finally got from the world... alas..

these kinds, of course, are not the kind of people i like to hang around. like anything,
there are good and bad lawyers. i have never sued anybody on my own behalf.
my belief is: work it out; the law is a last resort.

jjgibo, your question is tough to answer. if you fo gor a high-paid, high stress
law firm job, you won't have much time to do anything. however, you might
enjoy this lifestyle, and will be able to squeeze diving here and there.

that's just not me. i opted (after a few years with a large and prestigious law firm)
to go into the public sector. i now work for the City of Jacksonville (as a litigation
attorney), and while the job is still stressful and demanding, i can actually do
things i enjoy, such as having time with my wife and diving.

if you want to make a lot of money, expect to have little free time.

if you want to have free time, be prepared to take a pay cut.

 

[ch0ppersrule]

On a funny note, why don't sharks attack lawyers?
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Because they don't eat their own? hahahahhaha oh my side hurts. JK!!
just giving you a hard time.

 

[chepar]

If you are, how often do you get to dive? what kind of law do you practice?

I'm not a lawyer, but I work with them every day. Considered going to law school, but I realized that I would have little to no life outside of work while working as an associate. As a single parent, I couldn't afford to do that.

If you're planning to return home to get a job with one of the larger downtown firms and jump on the partner track . . . Saturdays are just another work day. Sundays maybe you can dive.

 

[Cacia]

At my old horse training barn (hunter/jumpers) in SoCal, the trainer would not take lawyer's children. She always told them that she did not have a stall or any training time slots. I saw this over and over.

 

[justleesa]

bummer lisa... i wonder what the lawyer's damages were... you know, you
really don't have a case if you don't have damages

This was when Roger worked for Fritz and luckily it had no effect on Fritz's company. The woman was a big shot criminal lawyer and he was a much younger musician. I think I remember them saying that the boyfriend had a headache after the dive...but maybe his draglocks were just too tight

 

[Tom Winters]

Whenever I had diving clients who were lawyers, I watched them like a hawk. When I finally was finally making good money, I was damned if I was going to give it to some sue-happy shyster. That was pretty much the only occupational group that I was uncomfortable with on the boat, although they were all pleasant. There was just that litigation thing about them...
I spent enough money on sundry and assorted lawyers and court cases to last a few lifetimes for me.