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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Greetings from the Lawless Partnership, and we hope 2010 will be a good one for you. The year 2009 certainly had some setbacks, including economic disaster for our country, global warming, continued conflict in the Middle East, and the hook returning to my golf game. Gazing at my crystal ball, I see vast improvement for 2010. I will be documenting my forecasts to prove "you heard it here first".
BANKING INDUSTRY. During the last year obtaining financing for anything has been a little difficult. Let's say for example you are purchasing a house for $500,000.00. Here are the banking requirements you would face. First, you would be expected to have a down payment of $498,000.00. In order to finance the balance ($2,000.00) the banks will require: tax returns, income statements, blood samples, psychological evaluations, favorable tarot card readings and astrological charts, transcripts from kindergarten forward, and an acceptable essay on "Why I Would Rather Pay My Mortgage than Eat". In the unlikely event you qualify for financing, your loan fees will be $2,000.00. I predict in 2010 things will improve markedly in the banking industry, and the tarot card readings will no longer be necessary! Unless you want a loan. SPORTS. You know things have gone bad in Seattle Sports when instead of vendors going up and down the aisles of the Seattle arenas with popcorn, peanuts, and beer, they are now yelling "PRO-ZAC, GET YOUR PROZAC". I predict that in 2010, in order to have at least one successful sports franchise, we will trade the Seattle Seahawks (yes the entire team) for a new mascot for the Mariners. The San Diego Chicken. Some of you are saying, "what an awful trade, no way would that happen!!!" I agree, we may need to sweeten the deal, and trade the Seahawks PLUS the peanut vendor who can throw bags of peanuts up 20 rows with deadly accuracy. That should make the deal work. LAWLESS LEGAL LETTER. Certain cynical clients of mine have pointed out that in 2009 I managed to write eleven monthly legal letters without a shred of legal information in even one of them. Well, this is the 12th, and I am going to include a quote from a recent case, Niccum v Enqusit, 152 Wn App 496 (2009). The decision begins as follows (I am not making this up): The question presented here is whether the trial court erred.Duh! OUR CLIENTS. At the end of the year it is a good time to reflect on one's blessings. (And of course devise an exercise program you won't actually follow.) Janine, Priscilla, Ruth, Amy Paul, Scout (in her own doggy way) and I are all thankful and grateful for the wonderful clients we are honored to work with. From the day we opened our doors to now our mission statement has always been "To provide clients high quality, cost effective legal services in a pleasant work environment." Working hard, having an excellent staff, and an exceptional group of clients makes that mission statement attainable. Thank you!
