Gonzales named lawyer of the year

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Associated Press Writer / December 12, 2007
WASHINGTON—Negative news coverage may have cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job, but it won him a dubious honor Wednesday from a magazine published by the American Bar Association: Lawyer of the Year.

more stories like thisAdditionally, the ABA Journal named Gonzales' successor, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, as its top lawyer for 2008 -- mostly in anticipation of how often he'll be in the media spotlight for trying to repair the beleaguered Justice Department.

The monthly magazine gave the awards to lawyers who made the most news, said editor and publisher Edward A. Adams.

"Think about Time magazine's Person of the Year," Adams said in an interview. "In years past they've named people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin. So we're not suggesting by these awards that these are the best lawyers in any sense of the word. We are saying they are the most newsworthy -- and perhaps also the best."



Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/12/12/gonzales_named_lawyer_of_the_year/

[Solar Power]

1. Lawyer of the Year?

Yes the most infamous lawyer of the year. He is a real winner

[shireen]

6. in WHAT UNIVERSE?!!

welcome to DU solar power, look forward to seeing your posts on solar energy! :)

[BadgerLaw2010]

24. On the "Hitler = Man of the Year" Time magazine logic. It's not necessarily a compliment.

[bdamomma]

2. .....

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[NastyRiffraff]

3. Shouldn't that be Liar of the Year? n/t

[MaineDem]

7. My Irish grandmother called my father a liar

Of course she was saying "lawyer" but it came out that way with her brogue.

:)

[Demeter]

4. Most Likely To Be Imprisoned for Life in the Hague On War Crimes

That's what they meant, isn't it?

[Robbien]

5. They are trying to be like Time?

How idiotic is that. Time lost so much creditability through its Man of the Year cover. It was almost drummed out of town when "YOU" was nominated last year.

[dbonds]

8. My money was on Alan Shore

[Catshrink]

10. Denny Crane.

[Catshrink]

9. I'm gonna hurl.

:puke:

[sakabatou]

11. Welcome to Bizzaro World

[napi21]

12. If their criteria was which lawyer made the most news, agree with

their decision. The mistake e've made is looking at this as beingan honor! It's obviously NOT!

[Democrats_win]

13. The justice system went FUBAR on Dec. 12, 2000. Fitting, isn't it?

How many cases can we name in which injustice is the true victor?

Ken Lay?
QWEST CEO Nachio--still not in jail?
Crack vs. powder cocaine?
Gore v. bush (today is the anniversary of that)
Jena, LA?
Crooked credit card companies committing usury but still taking people to court?

Couple's land stolen by judge in Boulder, CO?

The injustice system names Gonzo "liar" of the year. Priceless!

[Lost4words]

23. 12/12/2000 I will never foget!

[chelsea0011]

14. The elective board was tortured?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. They never cease to amaze me!

[woodsprite]

16. Maybe they spelled it wrong - I can see "Liar of the Year"

But, unfortunately, even that has some strong contenders.

[Az]

17. What a crock

Oh sure... yeah... um its just that he was the most noteworthy... you know ... Hitler like.... Oh and yeah He was the best...

What a crock.

[monmouth]

18. Scooter Libby should have won.....sigh.

[JuniperLea]

19. As snakes go, he's tops... eom

[Robeson]

20. "In years past they've named people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin..."

...I'll choose to think of it in that light.

[mtnester]

21. It's satire...right?

Anyone?

Please?


Cue twilight zone music

[BadgerLaw2010]

25. Read the article.

[Up2Late]

22. OH REALLY!!! Well, I guess this would be a good time for a Lawyer Joke or two!

Question: What do you have when you have 1/2 the World's Lawyers at the bottom of the Ocean?

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Answer: A good start. :banghead: :argh: :grr:

[Triana]

26. If they had a Scumbucket of the Year award..

...Gonzo would be in contention with the entire bu$h cabal for that one. But I'm CERTAIN he'd make the top of the list at least once...

The Prize: being stripped naked and publicly doused with buckets of smelly slime for hours, then coated with Jell-O powder and feathers and paraded through the streets with a big neon sign over their head: "Scumbucket of the Year".

Put it on YouTube. Take photos. Put it on billboards. Humiliate the living sh*t out of them.

Well. I can dream, can't I?

[HuffleClaw]

27. "we're not suggesting by these awards that these are the best lawyers in any sense of the word"

and the none too subtle hitler reference was pretty cool i must say

[boricua79]

28. if newsworthy or influential

is the criteria, then I don't have a problem with his nomination.

If "worthyness" or positivity is the criteria, he's about as far as you can be to getting that award.

Either way, the publishers should have known they'd get mostly criticism for this.