From Our Readers

• Publication year: 1992
• Pages: 229
• Citation: Vol. 21 No. 2 Pg. 229

21 Colo.Law. 229 Colorado Lawyer 1992.

1992, February, Pg. 229. From Our Readers

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Vol. 21, No. 2, Pg. 229

From Our Readers

Dear Editor:

I would like to suggest another view of the announcement for Powers & Phillips, P.C. which appeared in the October [1991] issue [at page 2100], and which Mr. Clifton and Ms. Flaminia found so offensive [From Our Readers, December 1991 at page 2501].

First, only the genuinely ignorant, whether attorney or layperson, could misapprehend Powers & Phillips' intent. Mr. Clifton's reference to their "apparent attempt to be humorous" and Ms. Flaminia's assertion that she "can only imagine" that the announcement was meant to be funny are transparently disingenuous. If Mr. Clifton and Ms. Flaminia did not find the announcement funny, that is certainly their prerogative; it frightens me, however, that they must also find Swift's "A Modest Proposal" offensive as well.

Second, Mr. Clifton and Ms. Flaminia should be embarrassed by their wounded calls for censorship based on "tastelessness" and "propriety." If they found the announcement so, that is perfectly defensible, but The Colorado Lawyer is also for those, like me, who found the announcement hilariously refreshing and refreshingly hilarious.

Finally, to imply that the announcement violated the Code of Professional Responsibility is patent nonsense. Those potential clients who want to know that their attorney has a human sense of humor will, no doubt, feel far greater confidence in the attorneys at Powers & Phillips than they would in someone who struck them as a humorless automaton. Conversely, those who want their attorney to be one of those automatons can, equally undoubted, find any number of attorneys in a group which would, apparently, include December's correspondents.

I commend you on publishing Powers & Phillips' announcement.

Sincerely,

Jay Barish, Westminster

Dear Editor:

In Craig Fleishman's article, titled "ADR and the Lawyer's Fee Agreement," published in the December Colorado Lawyer [at page 2523], the legal counterpart of "politically correct" thought and language arises to its most outrageous heights to date.

Put the case: A prospective client needing legal advice comes to an attorney with pending matter; obviously, by contacting the attorney, the prospective clients perceive that such legal advice or action is needed currently . . . not 30 days hence. Pursuant to Mr...