Doucette's mountain of debt, taken on in the face of a bad lawyer market, makes me think that he isn't a very forward-thinking individual. Same with choosing to buy a meaningless "super lawyer" title instead of a CPAP DEATH ABATEMENT MACHINE that he needs to keep his brain oxygenated enough to actually work. I wouldn't be surprised to see him do the same thing he did here for Texas again for California once the Pridemore case picks up steam, but not before.
His business plan seems to have been “Run up $300,000 in student debt in order to become a lawyer who specializes almost exclusively in taking on pro bono clients”. And living in his car while doing this. Now call me finicky, but this isn’t a generally the sort of life management skills that I look for when hiring an attorney, or manager, or drive through attendant. Heck Waffle House looks for better life skills than this and they hire straight out of prison.
Now I could be mistaken(I am hoping I am not), but wouldn't douche getting a texas license to practice in texas make him easier to depose if need be? I remember nick saying itll be harder to depose him(nick) because he is not representing a client in texas, he does not practice law in texas, and that he does not live in texas.
edit:If he gets his license in texas and starts giving legal advice on twitter to those in texas, would it not be easier to justify getting him in? I mean I dunno why ty would want to depose him, but the possibility would be there.
Nick is in a unique situation. Most lawsuits do not attempt to drag in non party lawyers as witnesses. For a whole list of reasons. Yeah having the lawyer connected to your state reduces the hassle a little. But it’s still an approach that will cause nothing but grief.
To bring in an non party lawyer as a witness you have to overcome quite a few obstacles.
- the Lawyer has unlimited access to the legal system and can and will fight you at every turn. It costs them nothing and your client thousands. This is generally viewed as poor return on investment.
- if the lawyer is out of state he will be fighting you on his home turf. His state. Escalating the expenses and difficulties.
- you have to overcome the perception that you are seeking to use the Lawyers expertise to prove your case. You can’t demand expert testimony in this way. The lawyers expert opinion is his work product. You are not entitled to that. So even if you can get him, you are very limited in what you can ask. Add to that questions of privilege which will hound you.
- did I mention he is going to legally fight you at every point? At every point you will be having to explain to the judge why this is necessary.
Note this is different than trying to bring in someone such as one of the HR lawyers who would be a party.
There is no reason Vic and Ty would want to talk to, let alone subpoena or depose Gregykins. He’s a non party uninvolved internet troll.
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