Comment by bryanrasmussen
2 days ago
I've seen lawyers lose to non-lawyers who didn't use all that, just because the lawyers didn't do their work, thinking, no doubt, "I'm a lawyer I will just win", at any rate there is a well known aphorism that a lawyer who represents themselves has a fool for a client.
finally, was this thing you beat the actual lawyer at in their specific specialty, since lawyers are often focused on particular aspects of the law?
It was a condominium law specialized attorney representing a condominium association on a matter of condominium law.
> at any rate there is a well known aphorism that a lawyer who represents themselves has a fool for a client.
IME, many lawyers who represent others also have fools for clients.
I don't think the saying that if you're a bad lawyer, dont represent yourself, it's that their mistake is forgetting what half the point of a lawyer is: to be objective.
And that when trying to be a lawyer will usually fail when you have an emotional stake in the outcome. Even if you're the best lawyer in the world, you need someone practical and dispassionate to make sure they can see your blind spots.