my lunch and law

I was just having lunch good people when the subject of law came up. I honestly thought i was safe from the law. After all I was just having lunch at a nice restaurant with ordinary people and i thought nothing about law would come up. Now, as i was digging into my steak and enjoying my lunch , i heard something which stopped me in my tracks. I was not eavesdropping , no i was not. The man who spoke had a booming voice and it was loud enough for me to hear. From what i gathered dear fellows, he was making a business deal with his friends seated with him at the table. I think one of the friends had suggested getting a lawyer to look at their agreement. Or whatever had transpired i do not know. I am simply speculating. Now, i hardly speculate but forgive me this one time. But what he said next -that, i heard clearly....He said ;"Lawyers want to involve themselves in everything. They are very stupid . They think they know everything."I was not angry when i heard this. I was simply intrigued. I remembered a saying i once heard; "Everybody hates lawyers (until they need one)". People hate lawyers until they need one. This hatred can be seen everywhere. Shakespeare once said "lets kill all the lawyers" ---Yeah>>>that bad! 

Some lawyer , who was obviously tired of all the abuse once said ;"Why does everybody hate lawyers ? Give us a break." I laughed out loud. It fascinates me really, the way people hate lawyers yet they turn to them when they need help putting out their fires. Or better yet when they need someone to fight the legal battles for them. How interesting-That moment when somebody realizes they actually need a lawyer. Glorious!!!!Lawyers are legal practitioners in as much as doctors are medical practitioners- the only difference is that lawyers take care of someone's legal health while doctors take care of physical and mental health.Everyone is entitled to legal representation regardless of the fact that they may be a murderer or a thief or have simply been wrongfully accused. Lawyers do not deal with criminal cases only by the way, they also represent that single mother whose husband does not want to pay the maintenance for the kid, they also represent that vendor who has been locked up in jail trying to put food on the table, they also represent that worker that has been unfairly dismissed. The other lawyer also has to represent that father who refuses to pay maintenance and that big Corporation that refuses to pay workers and exploits them. It is all in a day's work. Lawyers are also workers.

No one protests when doctors treats a sociopath, a murderer or that rapist. To everyone it is okay because doctors are simply performing their job. Why can't people understand that lawyers are also performing their jobs when they defend a rapist or a murderer? Even the law itself provides defenses for those things and lawyers simply apply the law!!!! People only realize the importance of lawyers when they are in hot soup. LOL . IT'S OKAY TO HATE LAWYERS...GO AHEAD...UNTIL THAT DAY WHEN YOU NEED A LAWYER. I will be there and I will not say I told you so. No. I will simply be happy for you. Happy that you have someone to represent you as it should be.

I love lawyers. They are the people's advocates. 

xoxo

Ms Vee