Attorney Mark Osterman - Alaska State of Corruption

MR. OSTERMAN: I hate – I - I don't like doing it – I'll tell
you - I – I don't like doing it but I don't like – I don't like
– I don't like washing dishes and I don't like sweeping the
floor too.
MR. HAEG: But I need – I need somebody that's willing to do it
-you know- and I don't like scrubbing toilets so ...
MR. OSTERMAN: Yeah and there's a lot of things in this world I
don't like doing but I find necessary.
MR. HAEG: Yep.
MR. OSTERMAN: Ok? So the - the issue is there's a necessity
to it and there's a distaste that goes along with it.
MR. HAEG: Yep.
MR. OSTERMAN: Ok? And the other problem that I've got is that
of course every attorney that falling – fall in under your sites
has taken a hit. -You know- that – that always is a concern of
mine. -Uh- we have what we call the top ten lists of clients
you don't take.
MR. HAEG: And I'm probably at the top of it.
MR. OSTERMAN: Well no you're actually toward the bottom. But
-you know- you never take a case form a client who can't get
along with his last half dozen lawyers that's – that's the way
we word it but -you know- the sincerity being is if you're
having trouble with a lawyer you're probably goanna have trouble
with every lawyer you get at some point in time.
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