Ambulance Chaser

A type of lawyer who ranks lower than a pile of excrement in terms of what he/she contributes to society.

Ambulance Chaser
A mental disease infecting lawyers, attorneys and others in the legal profession. Symptoms to be on the watch for include: 1) Hurrying to disaster sites to offer legal assistance, and: 2) Advertising heavily on television commercials, often using self-degrading nicknames such as "The Strong Arm". Dang, look at "The Strong Arm" making a fool out of himself.What a Ambulance Chaser.

ambulance chaser
1. A lawyer specialising in personal injury claims usually representing people against local authorities or large companies. 2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients for tripping and slipping cases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be a percentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured former employees of big companies. 1. Q: What sort of practice is it? A: Oh, he's an ambulance chaser. 2. A: "That guy who got his arm mangled up in our machine is suing" B: "Who's he got?" A: "Some ambulance chaser."

ambulance chaser
Ambulance Chaser An Ambulance Chaser is a term for an unethical lawyer, especially those who represent plaintiffs in personal injury actions. Origin The term is derived from lawyers who follow ambulances to hospitals after a person is injured, usually determined through the lawyer's use of a personal police/fire radio scanner, in order to attempt to drum up business by convincing a victim that he or she needs to sue, or by simply being the first lawyer in contact with the victim, generally when the victim is most prone to suggestion and easily talked into suing. In most jurisdictions, lawyers can be disbarred if caught engaging in such unethical behavior. Bar associations regularly dispatch investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to look out for unethical lawyers or their non-lawyer agents (known as "cappers" or "runners"). Good Example of Ambulance Chaser: A lawyer who comes to a classroom and asks the students who were bullied to sue the bully for intentional infliction of emotional distress, so he in turn can receive a large contingency fee.

Champertous contract
A champertous contract is defined as a contract between a stranger and a party to a lawsuit, whereby the stranger pursues the partys claimin consideration of receiving part or any of the proceeds recovered under the judgment; a bargain by a stranger with a party to a suit, by which such third person undertakes

to carry on the litigation at his own cost and risk, in consideration of receiving, if successful, a part of the proceeds or subject sought to be recovered. The intention of the law in prohibiting this kind of contract is to prevent a lawyer from acquiring an interest in the subject of the litigation and to avoid a conflict of interest between him and his client.

An amicus curiae (also amicus curi; plural amici curiae, literally "friend of the court") is someone who is not a party to a casewho offers information that bears on the case but that has not been solicited by any of the parties to assist a court. This may take the form of legal opinion, testimony or learned treatise (the amicus brief) and is a way to introduce concerns ensuring that the possibly broad legal effects of a court decision will not depend solely on the parties directly involved in the case. The decision on whether to admit the information lies at the discretion of the court. The phrase amicus curiae is legal Latin.

Amicus Curiae
Literally, friend of the court. A person with strong interest in or views on the subject matter of an action, but not a party to the action, may petition the court for permission to file a brief, ostensibly on behalf of a party but actually to suggest a rationale consistent with its own views. Such amicus curiae briefs are commonly filed in appeals concerning matters of a broad public interest; e.g., civil rights cases. They may be filed by private persons or the government. In appeals to the U.S. courts of appeals, an amicus brief may be filed only if accompanied by written consent of all parties, or by leave of court granted on motion or at the request of the court, except that consent or leave shall not be required when the brief is presented by the United States or an officer or agency thereof. amicus curiae brief - a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it

attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) n. a slightly fancier way of saying attorney or lawyer.
: a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court on the retainer of clients

Counsel de officio is an attorney appointed by the court to an indigent criminal defendant. A counsel de officio is a counsel, appointed or assigned by the court, from among members of the bar in good standing who, by reason of their experience and ability, may adequately defend the accused. In localities where members of the Bar are not available, the court may appoint any person, resident of the province and of good repute for probity and ability, to defend the accused. (Sec. 7, Rule 116, Rules of Court)