legaleagle
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And Dirt,
As I said in an earlier post, I don't agree with the ABA on about 95% of the things they say. So, apparently your reading skills are a little suspect. Awards have become way too high, and billing $450 an hour at a top firm is out of whack. But, in an example of to support that attorneys are a good idea, North Carolina did away with the requirement of having an attorney at closing, when you buy a house. Your telling me that you are putting your whole life savings on the line with a $400k house, and you are going to look over a 100 page closing packet with no advice? I find that troubling, even if I were the house purchaser. The bank has an attorney, the title insurance company has an attorney, but you don't. Sure, save yourself $250-500, but when all of those entities come after you, do you know your rights?
The only reason that there are attorneys, is that there are bright line rules governing a world that does not operate on bright line rules on a day to day basis.. There is always an exception that someone needs advocated. We are only here to clarify and advocate for you in the grey areas. And that requires a fundamental understanding of how to research the issue, respond to the other advocate, and create a stance for/or against.
Dirt, for you to make a statement like that, means that you really don't like being an American. The forefathers gave you an opportunity to argue anything. But, not the education to understand how to get it done. That is too complex. Just as we all were not taught how to fly, right out of the womb. Many could say the same thing about CFI's. The regs and operational requirements, are so burdensome that I need to pay a CFI $35 an hour to figure it out. See, everyone has some knowledge that they have to pay to acquire, and then must recoup the cost of, to eat.
As I said in an earlier post, I don't agree with the ABA on about 95% of the things they say. So, apparently your reading skills are a little suspect. Awards have become way too high, and billing $450 an hour at a top firm is out of whack. But, in an example of to support that attorneys are a good idea, North Carolina did away with the requirement of having an attorney at closing, when you buy a house. Your telling me that you are putting your whole life savings on the line with a $400k house, and you are going to look over a 100 page closing packet with no advice? I find that troubling, even if I were the house purchaser. The bank has an attorney, the title insurance company has an attorney, but you don't. Sure, save yourself $250-500, but when all of those entities come after you, do you know your rights?
The only reason that there are attorneys, is that there are bright line rules governing a world that does not operate on bright line rules on a day to day basis.. There is always an exception that someone needs advocated. We are only here to clarify and advocate for you in the grey areas. And that requires a fundamental understanding of how to research the issue, respond to the other advocate, and create a stance for/or against.
Dirt, for you to make a statement like that, means that you really don't like being an American. The forefathers gave you an opportunity to argue anything. But, not the education to understand how to get it done. That is too complex. Just as we all were not taught how to fly, right out of the womb. Many could say the same thing about CFI's. The regs and operational requirements, are so burdensome that I need to pay a CFI $35 an hour to figure it out. See, everyone has some knowledge that they have to pay to acquire, and then must recoup the cost of, to eat.