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Which is better??????????????

orevilleoreville Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭✭
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TDN stated:



<< <i>'d rather have a proficient attorney than one familiar with the rare coin business. I don't see what advantage that requirement has... ------------------------- >>



Hmm, that begs the question as to what is better?
A decent lawyer who is proficient with the coin hobby or a great lawyer having no clue when it comes to the coin hobby?

I have never thought of this one before. Could be an interesting discussion?

Could anyone of us afford a great lawyer? image
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    A great lawyer having no clue when it comes to the coin hobby.
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  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well I surely wouldn't want a bad lawyer, no matter what his expertise is in.
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  • s4nys4ny Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭
    A great attorney will quickly comprehend the subtleties of the coin business
    or get someone to advise him.

    Knowledge of the law, not coins, is paramount.
  • okiedudeokiedude Posts: 648 ✭✭✭
    To some extent it would depend why you need counsel in the first place. Generally a great attorney will always trump a fill in the blank
    attorney. However a judge and or jury can cause you to lose the most "ironclad" case, at least according to your great attorney.
    Coming from someone who has a case currently before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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  • daOnlyBGdaOnlyBG Posts: 1,060 ✭✭
    From my knowledge, I'd say the "more competent attorney." The legal sensitive aspects of coin collecting- be it ownership, trade, contracts, or whatever- span a variety of arguments, logic, constraints, and precedent-based rulings that aren't limited to the knowledge of lawyers who delve in numismatics.

    Now, perhaps there's some sort of freak of nature case with crazy circumstances that would require a "numismatic-friendly" lawyer, but I can't imagine one on the top of my head.

    As far as settlements go, you just look for the better negotiator.
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great Lawyers have skills- one of the skills is to listen to experts and become an expert.

    A great lawyer- the client can teach him anything he needs to know

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,028 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>TDN stated:



    << <i>'d rather have a proficient attorney than one familiar with the rare coin business. I don't see what advantage that requirement has... ------------------------- >>



    Hmm, that begs the question as to what is better?
    A decent lawyer who is proficient with the coin hobby or a great lawyer having no clue when it comes to the coin hobby?

    I have never thought of this one before. Could be an interesting discussion?

    Could anyone of us afford a great lawyer? image >>

    Offhand there is nothing particular to coins
    that is regulatory or special in nature to coins that I can think of that would
    not otherwise be under general contract law, fraud, etc. so
    I want a proficient attorney who is skilled in business law, commerce law, etc.
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • Coppertop1982Coppertop1982 Posts: 95 ✭
    Id rather a lawyer that wins
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd want someone cunning, like Anaconda. His specialty was injury torts, but in the right circumstance he would know the necessary numismatic points. image

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ask the Langbords.
    theknowitalltroll;
  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Ask the Langbords. >>



    Since the Langbords are hung out to dry, I wouldn't ask them for legal numismatic expertise, proficient in the hobby or not. Thought about it as a possibility, though. Seems to have not worked out too well. image
  • AhrensdadAhrensdad Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    A great lawyer, no question.
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  • okiedudeokiedude Posts: 648 ✭✭✭
    Denny Crane FTW!
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  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    A good lawyer could learn what he needed to know about coins.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A good lawyer with a great network and connections.....image Cheers, RickO
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the reponses!

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ??????????????

    the real question: why exactly 14 question marks?

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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>??????????????

    the real question: why exactly 14 question marks? >>



    12 wasn't enough, and the OP is both triskaidekaphobic and pentekaidekaphobic.
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭
    "A Lawyer that represents himself has a fool for a client."

    I heard this once. It really has nothing to do with the OP's topic, but I needed somewhere to use this quote..... image
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A great attorney will quickly comprehend the subtleties of the coin business
    or get someone to advise him.

    Knowledge of the law, not coins, is paramount. >>

    Exactly why I made my selection!
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I put all those ? as the title of the thread looked too short so i used them as a filler.
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