Are any of them skilled enough to win a case in a state where the courts were not stacked in favor of the church? The skill of a lawyer is normally dependent on his charisma and level of intelligence, something true believing Mormons are not known for.

I mean years ago, when they tried to build the Nashville Temple, the church was clearly having its rights violated and none of their lawyers could prevail against the local good old boys. Hardly something that speaks to their skill as great legal minds.

I met a church lawyer once. I was teaching him to fly. He was absolutely brilliant and I don't think many human brings would have wanted to match wits with him. The church was handsomely compensating him for his service.

Your tithes at work!

If they are a believing member of the mormon church, they are lacking an important skill any decent attorney would be expected to have.

Corporate lawyers are very, very, very good at what they do. The lawyers for the church are of the same caliber any large corporation would keep on retention. They are very good, and each one is specialized in what they do. Just like maritime lawyers for large ship companies, they are specialized and will win. Guaranteed. I've seen it numerous times in my job, and the company always wins. If they know they can not win, they settle out of court so it does not set a precidence.

IIRC there are 129 Corporate Lawyers in the new Diggs at City Creek

The Church must be Twoo

Did you know that the COJCOLDS legal office tried to tell the US Government that Mormon was a real person?

Look close on page 4 - "The word "Mormon" has its origin in the name of an ancient American prophet who compiled and abridged the writings of several other American prophets who lived between the years 600 B.C. and 400 A.D. into what is commonly known as The Book of Mormon."

"http://tdr.uspto.gov/jsp/DocumentViewPage.jsp?78161091/IPC20031021074524/Paper%20Correspondence%20Incoming/7/02-Oct-2003/sn/false#p=1

In their attempt to trademark the name "Mormon", they declared on legal documents that a fictional history was real.

OK, but how many of them are on the caliber of Jewish lawyers?

My stepson just graduated from law school.

One of my worst fears is that he will eventually go to work for the church. The thought of it makes me sick.

I had a Jewish lawyer once in a severance dispute. He wrote one letter on my behalf and waited a year and a half for a response and never followed up. I fired his a$$ and got a new attorney and he filed a federal lawsuit and the issue was settled in 10 days.

It takes some pretty serious charisma to sell religion. Mormons can definitely be charismatic. As far as intelligence goes, that is a harder one to see. Intelligent people tend to stay in religion for longer than less intelligent people. This is mostly because it takes some serious brain bending justifications to accept something even as basic as prayer.

In essence Mormons can easily be both charismatic and intelligent.

However, we can't assume that church lawyers are devout or believing. Perhaps they just like the nice salary they are paid.

"It takes some pretty serious charisma to sell religion. Mormons can definitely be charismatic."

I'm sorry, but this started my day off with a belly laugh. That is some funny stuff. Charismatic. :). Like general conference? Who, the guys that show up at the door who've been strippped of any individual thought? Charisma? The tabernacle choir?

I spent seven years around mormons and, my apologies, but I found the gatherings to be the most drab, souless, get togethers. And the humor? My only cue that I was supposed to laugh was seeing them laugh. Aside from that, I often had no idea anything funny had happened. It was brutal.

Charismatic? That's more than a tip of the hand. You've revealed more than you realize. Talk to forbiddencokedrinker, maninblack, and so on. They can point you in the right direction. Here's the good news. When you start to get a whiff of charisma, you're going to be digging it.

In the meantime, thanks for starting my day off with a kick.

Wait, I have charisma?

Well they can not build a mall anywhere near budget. What does this say about calling top business men to the priesthood?

There has been one at work in the Cardston, Ab area, representing the church and a TBM land owner (can we say conflict of interest?) to get land rezoned so the MORG can build a young womens camp on some pristine ranch land next to the Rocky Mountains...non-mo ranchers opposed to the rezoning have described the process as a quote "a kangaroo court". Go figure...



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One would hope that no matter how big or smart the army of lawyers, they cannot change facts.

In the words of the late great Pat Moynihan "You are entitled to your own opinion, you are not entitled to your own facts"

With that being said, the present American condition of perception being considered reality and people being instructed what to think instead of how to think, it is a sad situation because the truth is lost in the effort of corporate interests such as the goals of LDS Inc.



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It was actually a Mormon who convinced me to go to law school. He was a really genuine guy and being around him helped me realize that you don't have to sell your soul to make a living as a lawyer.

Any job is honorable if it is done with integrity.

I just feel sad that lawyers for the Mormon church are wasting their talents helping a fraudulent organization stay afloat.

T-Bone

I'd rather be a criminal defense attorney.

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Who do you think defends for the biggest pseudo-religion/corporation? Ha.....

This would be an interesting comparison:

Amount of money spent on lawyers vs Amount of money spent on humanitarian aid.

The MORG considers money spent on humanitarian aid as poor investment, compared to malls and temples....

You know what you call a thousand lawyers on the bottom of the ocean?

A start.

topping for the LDS lurkers who have no Idea about the Army of Lawyers at City Creek

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=19967780

"It's not really the building we're dedicating," Elder Wickman said. "It's really us, in our devotion, in our service, giving the best that we have to give in our professional capacity, realizing that in doing so we are not just representing another client, but we are representing the church of Jesus Christ himself."

So in MormonLand, Jesus has lawyers! nice.

He learned from painful experience. Last time he went to court without a lawyer, he got nailed.