我曾经代理过一起案子，一个男人家暴他老婆，打得特别狠。法庭上，我让他百口莫辩，最后他被判了刑。后来，他老婆来找我，想尽快离婚。我帮她办了离婚手续，没收她任何费用。作为律师，我知道我做的就是我应该做的。

Wish I had you for my Worker's Comp case. My union first had me talk to a lawyer who said that since my employer was negligent, I could be looking at a 6 figure settlement. Then she took a job elsewhere. Their next lawyer didn't show up to Court so often that the judge told me I should find another lawyer. A couple hours later I had met friends in a bar. The news was on and there was my lawyer being led away in handcuffs. He had enlisted a guy to pose as a UPS delivery guy. Once his coke dealer opened the door, my lawyer was going to kill him and steal his coke. The guy in the UPS uniform was told he could have whatever money was there. But the guy told the police, and there goes my bad lawyer. The next lawyer showed up for all hearings. But he was tight with my employer. I wound up with Worker's Comp sub-poverty payments, for the past 30 years. I have 3 herniated cervical discs from when I was attacked at that job. Employers kind of want you to reliably show up for work. Chronic pain that sent me to the ER, until I went on pain management, prevents the worst, but there are still enough days where I have to try not to move, sleep sitting up or on ice gelpacks.

Never underestimate the value of a good lawyer.

Just here to say, as someone who took their own mother to find a lawyer when she finally found the strength to divorce her abusive husband.. I love this story and am low key angry at the folks saying it’s fake.

The first lawyer I took my mom to, had like zero interest in helping and talked down to her and basically said he couldn’t do it. It’s been too many years to remember what brought us to the next guy that day- but I’ll never forget the moment he gave my mom her voice back.

We sat in his office with her looking like a scared beaten dog, her voice quiet and meek, as she explained how her husband had choked her and put a gun to her head, but she didn’t call the cops because she’d been a homemaker for the past two decades, was disabled by this point, and if he were arrested, he’d lose his government job and then she’d have no way to make it financially on her own. She just wanted enough alimony to survive. I was angry, listening to my once strong willed and feisty AF mom speaking this way and said as much- detailing her husbands verbal abuse to all of us over the years and how she’d given up everything to raise not only her own two children, but his two and a grandchild he’d taken from his daughter. How she’d make his dinner plates, kept everything running when he worked as a civilian in the Middle East, and even run his damn bath at night. How she’d tried to leave before (after he threatened to burn the house down and even covered the bed in lighter fluid) when I was growing up and even HIS KIDS tried to come with us.. but he stopped her because he said the car was his so she couldn’t take it.

Her lawyer, who she could only afford through the help of her father, spoke in a way that you, OP, remind me of. He told her with a bit of disbelief in his voice that if she raised his children without him even present, endured all of that abuse, and took in a grandchild without any say in the matter that he felt like she’d earned more than just the bare minimum. By the time we left his office, my mom had her voice back. By the time the divorce was over, he got exactly what he deserved.

I have no qualms believing your story- particularly that dude had skirted the law and came out on top so long- because where I grew up, the “Good Ol’ Boys” run things and that’s pretty much how it goes. Had we not found the lawyer we did, you can bet that same “Good Ol’ Boys” crap would’ve left my mom destitute.

Anyways, thanks OP for the read and for being a damn good lawyer. Even reading my own story, I’m like wtf, did that seriously happen? No wonder I’m in therapy now.. So yeah, the world and people can really suck and it needs folks like you to help make it right.

There are several inaccuracies in this story that real lawyers typically don't do and I don't know if the OP is telling the truth but there were rare occurrences of lawyers abusing their powers and they punished by the law:


Real lawyers are bound by ethical standards and professional conduct rules. Seeking revenge is not a legitimate or ethical motivation for taking legal action. Lawyers are duty-bound to serve their client's best interests within the bounds of the law unless they were paid off by bigger corporations or rich people this is a rare occurrence and a lot of them went to prison for these actions.
Lawyers typically maintain a professional distance from their cases. Personal involvement or emotional investment in a case, such as taking satisfaction in ruining someone's life, is unprofessional and unethical behavior and also a conflict of interest that they can be censured or even fired from their jobs.
While lawyers can pursue legal remedies to collect judgments, they do not personally seize assets. This is the responsibility of law enforcement or court-appointed officers, not the lawyers themselves, and could cause a lot of legal ramifications later if they engage in this action.
Lawyers do not engage in actions that could lead to someone's homelessness as a form of punishment. The legal system aims to provide justice, not cause additional harm and there may have been some occurrences in the past but they are extremely rare and happened in other countries where there is not a great legal system.
Lawyers do not arrange for the towing of personal property unless it is done legally through the proper channels. Unauthorized towing can lead to legal issues such as illegal search and seizure or other unconstitutional actions that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Real lawyers do not use threatening language or intimidation tactics in their interactions with opposing parties or their lawyers. However, there have been cases but they are again rare as mentioned throughout these inaccuracies. Professionalism and courtesy are essential in legal proceedings but there were some incidents in the real world where this happened but they got reprimanded.
Real lawyers do not derive pleasure from causing harm to others. The legal profession is focused on resolving disputes and upholding justice, not on personal satisfaction through harm in pop culture they are depicted as ruthless and heartless people wanting to make money for themselves but in reality, a lot of lawyers are just ordinary professionals that are doing their jobs.


This story portrays a lawyer engaged in unethical, vengeful, and potentially illegal actions, that do not align with the professional standards and ethics upheld by the legal profession, and such behaviors are often punished with harsh penalties and fines.