Comments on: Should lawyers be allowed to advertise?

By: gamerjohn

gamerjohn — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0000

What, no other lawyers read Mental Floss? Here at midnight, watching Seinfeld and catching up with the Floss. I have worked for a few firms that have advertised. Jacoby and Meyers advertised all the time while I worked there. Just like fast food cooks don’t sing while they duck the grease fires, lawyers laugh at the stupid ads.

By: Zelda

Zelda — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:34:00 +0000

@ lindsay m…

“lerner and rowe, they’re the way to go…”

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:20:00 +0000

oh man- jim shapiro. i always wondered what happened with him- he was a staple of my childhood watching television in upstate NY. and hilarious. as a teen i would often wonder aloud when he was finally going to blow an artery the way he was getting all red and shaking.
now we get that car guy who’s always screaming HUGE!

By: mike

mike — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:05:00 +0000

These guys shoudn’t even be allowed to breed much less advertise. They are pathetic.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:36:00 +0000

Call FUNK and associates, an Austin law firm. Thats right. F.U…..N.K. I laugh every time

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:59:00 +0000

Yep, Darryl Isacs “The Heavy Hitter” even has his own Facebook group now, and his face on the sides of our buses.

By: Sander Bernard

Sander Bernard — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:25:03 +0000

Sander Bernard Lawyer and attorney Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 8, 1941; graduated from Madison High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.; B.S., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1964; faculty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1989; faculty, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., 1990; carpenter; journalist; unsuccessful independent candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974; unsuccessful independent candidate for election for governor of Vermont in 1972, 1976 and 1986; mayor of Burlington, Vt., 1981-1989; unsuccessful independent candidate to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988; elected as an independent to the One Hundred Second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2007); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as an Independent to the United States Senate in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013.

By: sfs

sfs — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:18:25 +0000

Legally, I think we don’t really have a choice about letting lawyers advertise. Unless we could get the FCC to invent something about a “Quality in Advertising” requirement… Hey! Write your Congressmen!

However, I really wish we could ban lawyer advertisements. I’ve yet to see a well-produced one. Whenever I see one, I have to say, “Oh, look. His nephew probably made $65 for shooting this in his basement.” As a film major, I have to hope the lawyers aren’t hiring professionals. If they are, my craft’s future looks bleak.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:08:35 +0000

Jenni, couldn’t they have a qualifier about cheesy “World’s Best..” gifts and still make real advertising illegal? Like, allow certain things like that, phone book ads (I’m sure they alone pay for the production of the phone books), business cards, etc., but no billboards, TV commercials, radio ads, or anything else blatantly obnoxious.

Honestly, these kinds of ads make me hate the lawyers in them and if I were ever in a car accident, divorce, blah blah blah, they would be the last people I called.

By: Johnny "The Hammer" Cat

Johnny "The Hammer" Cat — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:15:59 +0000

Have you been a victim of drag racing? Call today and I’ll personally deliver 100% (or more!) of my time to spending your retainer on my next horrible commercial!

Yeah, lawyers should be allowed to advertise. But really.