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Pit Bulls, The Wizard Of Oz And Cheesy Lawyers  written Nov. 18, 2005 A Florida law firm's television ad featuring a pit bull, a breed known for its aggression, is an insult to lawyers, the Florida Supreme Court ruled. The court also reprimanded the pair of Fort Lauderdale attorneys whose advertisement showed a spike-collared pit bull in the company logo The advertisements "demean all lawyers and thereby harm both the legal profession and the public's trust and confidence in our system of justice," The Judge scolded the misbehaving lawyers. The two lawyers were ordered to attend an advertising ethics workshop. I wonder how the pit bulls felt? I never understood the validity of lawyer jokes until I had to deal with my ex-employer's lawyer last year. I reported an abusive male supervisor and was fired from my job. When I knew I was a target, I immediately started documenting. I began looking for other employment and started a new job a few days after receiving the word that my employment was terminus. That job only lasted two weeks. We parted company and I filed for unemployment. The previous employer protested the unemployment. The lawyer requested to conduct the hearing by telephone. The first hearing reminded me of the scene in the Wizard of Oz - where Dorothy and her friends finally meet the Wizard. He appears to them as a big, powerful and frightening image. Dorothy's Toto pull a curtain which reveals a little man pulling levers and buttons that present the wizard on a big screen TV with special effects. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, I am the great Wizard of Oz!" declares the little man behind the curtain. My previous employer's lawyer have much in common with that little man behind the curtain. They are corporate bullies hiding behind a cheesy lawyer. The lawyer rambled on about how I was mentally unstable therefore imagined the abuse. My strategy was to simply let him rant. A wise woman says few words but a fool babbles on. It was a partial victory. I appealed for the win. In the second hearing, I knew the doofus lawyer's game plan. I also had a copy of his legal equivocation. This time the lawyer went as far as to say that I was practicing voodoo. He said I had a doll of the Supervisor and was sticking pins in it. This was just a silly rumor. The Judge actually laughed and ruled that having a voodoo doll of the supervisor would be poor judgment but no threat to the supervisor. It was a total win for me. The ex-employer appealed again. After the third win, it went to the Circuit court. The silly lawyer used the same strategy and expected different results. I was able to take his game and play it better than him. This time he added that I had available employment at the time I lost my job therefore did not qualify for unemployment. If he would have checked his facts he would have realized that I did accept that available employment. The job only lasted two weeks. The doofus quoted court cases. I quoted anti-retaliation laws. It was the final win for me. I was hoping the ex-employer would appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court. It was actually getting fun to go toe to toe with the lawyer. If it went to the Supreme Court, real lawyers would jump on the bandwagon. Anti-Workplace Bullying laws could be created. If I can beat them with a humble two year degree, what can really educated person do to them? When Dorothy confronted the wizard who represented himself as being bigger than he was. Dorothy scolded, " you are a bad man!" "No," he quietly responded, "I am just a bad wizard." In the end, the Wizard redeemed himself, and Dorothy went home. I wonder if the ex-employer has mean people or just bad managers. Will they redeem themselves like the Wizard did. Karma will come in the form of government auditing when they start following the money that they get from government contracts. I only need unemployment for three months. The battle with the ex-employer lasted for almost a year . I suspect that the lawyer was paid money more than what they were trying to prevent me for getting. Good lawyers are be hero when they have good facts. Lawyers who have bad facts and fight losing battles get paid nevertheless. Abracadabra  |
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