LAWYERS' VOICES ONLINE . . . Surprising, unexpected, or outrageous; always entertaining--

• "In the old days, he was a good lawyer with a fine reputation. Somewhere he went astray. He took a wrong turn down a dead-end street, whether due to greed, divorce, I don't know. In an era where lawyers are already smeared or have a bad rap, this doesn't help." [Miami criminal defense attorney Richard Sharpstein, commenting on asbestos lawyer Louis Robles, as reported at Law.com]
• "[E]-mail is fast becoming the 'smoking gun' of employment litigation and threatens to become even more so with the implementation of new e-discovery rules." [Julie Elgar at "That's What She Said", which deconstructs NBC's The Office]
• "At the end of the day, what has doomed Alberto Gonzales will keep him hanging on long after it's clear he should go. He serves at the pleasure of the president, and the president's pleasure is his only concern." [Dahlia Lithwick in Slate]
• "What I am about to say intends no disrespect to the many good-intentioned bloggers--including those who are my friends and colleagues--who are participating in the April 30 event. . . . But I have to ask, why? Why be silent? What is the point? Why not use this as an opportunity to speak out?" [Diane Levin at Online Guide to Mediation, commenting on the proposed "day of blog silence" for the Virginia Tech victims]
• "It seems as though we are losing ground in the fight for women’s reproductive autonomy." [Mary Harris Jones at IntLawGrrls, commenting on Gonzales v. Carhart]
• "Personally, I find him abrasive, angry, tough, fierce, and frightening. You know, the qualities you usually want in a lawyer." [Ron Kuby on disbarred lawyer Kenneth Heller, called "New York's most obnoxious lawyer" by The Village Voice] (link from How Appealing].