Comments on: Iseman Cometh: Lobbyist Sues New York Times Over Story on Alleged Affair with John McCain

By: Buddha Is Laughing

Buddha Is Laughing — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:59:19 +0000

I laughed and laughed.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:17:28 +0000

Oops make that “Othello.” Bad fingers this am.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:16:15 +0000

The NYT is reporting that Vicki Iseman dropped her 27 million dollar defamation law suit filed here in Richmond by Dean Rodney Smolla and Coleman Allen, Esq. No checks written, no retraction, no apology, just a”note” which confirms what we already knew that there is no evidence to suggest a romantic link between Ms.iseman and Sen. McCain. Politico has the story too along with the statement from Ms. Iseman’s lawyers. It’s worth a read not for the flowery prose about reputation (character is much more important, by the way)or its references to Shakespeare’s Otello, but rather for its spin of a retreat into a victory. Funny how feelings get soothed and egregious wrongs get righted after an election and when a new administration gets seated –and especially so when lobbying clients have to think twice about hiring one who is engaged in litigation with a company that buys ink by the barrel over allegations of ethics violations. Here’s Michael Calderone’s article:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0209/Iseman_drops_lawsuit_against_Times.html

By: Max-Well?

Max-Well? — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:43:09 +0000

Actually, the reason New York got all the lawyers is simply because they have better beaches, where you never see a lawyer, however, because the cats cover them up.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:40:24 +0000

waynebro:

I liked it too!! My favorite is the one answering the question about why New Jersey got all the smoke spewing chemical plants and New York got all the lawyers. The answer, of course, was that New Jersey got first pick.

By: waynebro

waynebro — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:40:36 +0000

rafflaw 1, December 31, 2008 at 7:09 pm

“Waynebro,
Good joke”

Thanks. It’s an old joke that I just made up.

HaPPY NeW YEAR!

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:09:51 +0000

Waynebro,
Good joke. Candy, Candy, Candy! Why don’t you save yourself some time and well deserved abuse and go post on a RNC approved site. Mespo,the recommendation for local counsel is a good one. I would also be interested in watching this case, but as stated above, this is one to be settled if it survives pretrial motions. There is no way that McCain wants to respond to probing questions about his conduct.

By: waynebro

waynebro — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:54:11 +0000

Did you guys hear the one about the Personal Injury Attorney?

One afternoon he was musing on ways to increase his small firms cash flow when a junior colleague pointed out that PI cases involving death often carried a higher dollar award than dismemberment or other injuries.

Later that day the attorney sends out a memo instructing everyone at the firm to immediately stop chasing ambulances and start chasing hearses.

By: Former Federal LEO

Former Federal LEO — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:25:25 +0000

“candy:

Here’s a revelation for you– I am one too!!”

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What a reply!

Depending on a person’s perspective and which side of any particular case–plaintiff or defendant–a person is on, any lawyer can be “called” an ambulance chaser attorney because every person has a right to legal representation.

By: mespo727227

mespo727227 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:50:09 +0000

candy:

Here’s a revelation for you– I am one too!!

By: candy

candy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:32:07 +0000

mespo7272 knows an ambulance chaser attorney. Why am I not surprised.

By: candy

candy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:31:19 +0000

AS WELL SHE SHOULD. I HOPE SHE BANKRUPTS THEM, IT WON’T TAKE MUCH, THE NYT IS DOWN TO IT’S LAST NICKEL…ALMOST.

THE AMAZING THING IS THE NYT DOESN’T GET IT. THEY DON’T GET THAT THEIR LEFT WING GARBAGE IS NOT IN DEMAND IN AMERICA.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:01:15 +0000

Here’s a case I ‘ll drive downtown to watch although I suspect it will be settled. Coleman Allen, the attorney for plaintiff, is a lawyer I know and has a fine reputation as a legal scholar, though his firm usually handles the typical gamut of personal injury cases like car crashes and medical malpractice like my firm. I would offer one piece of advice to the defendants. They should hire local counsel here to try the case. The last time we had out of town counsel defend a big one, the out of state corporate defendant got hit for $16 million (later reversed on appeal of course). Additionally one of the larger verdicts in recent memory was against our local newspaper for an alleged defamation against a teacher. That, of course, was remitted by the trial court.