John Marshall Law School - Abstract Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Class of June 1937 JOHN E. VAN ESSO 1438 Sedgwick St. Vice-Pres.. M. A. Van Esso, Inc. Northwestern Unisersity Sigma Chi LAWRENCE RYAN 4654 Lake Park Ave Office Mgr. Sec. of M H. Detrick Co. Lewis Institute. B. S. ARTHUR ZIMBROFF .M) N. La Salle St. Y.M.C.A. College RAYMOND WILLIAMS 416 Demmg Place Law Clerk Iowa State Teachers Delta Theta Phi EMEDEO YELMINI 3643 Ravenswood Ave. Central Y.M.C.A. Coll. JOHN E. ANDERSEN 1019 N. Parkside Ave. Personal Management University of Wisconsin Hobby: Aquatic Sports HARRY J. KAPLAN 833 N. Hoyne Crane Jr. College JOHN FLETCHER 5041 Dorchester L ' niversity of Iowa EDWARD A. KIRK 347 E. 81st St. Adjuster, Armour 6? Co. University of Chicago JULES R. GREEN 135 S. Central Ave. University of Chicago HAROLD MANILOFF 417 S. Homan Crane Jr. College MAURICE ADAMS 3858 W. Adams St. Insurance Broker University of Illinois ORSON R. KIDDER 6737 Kregir Ave. University of Illinois ROBERT E. WRIGHT Manteno, 111. Post Office Thornton Jr. College Hobby: Farming IRWIN FRANK SEDLACEK Berwyn, II. University of Illinois Beta Kappa HARRY A. TREMAINE 802 5 Maryland Ave. University of Illinois Page Thirty-six

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Lincoln ' s cS duice to lawyers The Icadinsj; rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calHng, is diligence. Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done to- day. Never let your correspondence fall be- hind. Whatever piece of business you have in hand, before stopping, do all the labor per- taining to it, v. ' hich can be done. When you bring a common-lav. ' suit, if you have facts for doing so, write the declaration at once. If a law point be involved examine the books and note the authority you rely upon for the declar- ation itself where you are sure to find it when wanted. The same of defenses and pleas. In business not likely to be litigated — ordinary collection cases, foreclosures, partitions and the like — make all examinations of titles and note them, and even draft orders and degrees in advance. This course has a triple advantage, saves you labor when once done, performs the labor out of court when you have leisure, rath- er than in court when you have not. Extemporaneous speaking should be prac- tised and cultivated. It is the lawyer ' s avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech. And yet there is not a more fatal error to young lawyers than relying too much on speechmak- ing. If any one, upon his rare powers of speak- ing, shall claim an exemption from the drudg- ery of the law his case is a failure in advance. Discourage litigation. Persuade your neigh- bors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how a nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peace maker the lawyer has a superior op- portunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitu- ally overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket? A moral tone ought to be infused into the profession which should drive such men out of it. The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client. An exorbitant fee should never be claimed. As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand you are more than a common mor- tal if you can feel the same interest in the ease, as if something was still in prospect tor you as well as for your client. And when you lack in- terest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence m the performance. Settle the amount of fee and take a note in advance Then you will feel that you are working for something, and you are sure to do your work faithfully and well. Never sell a fee note — at least not before the consideration service is per- formed. It leads to negligence and dishonesty — negligence by losing interest in the case, and dishonesty in refusing to refund when you have allowed the consideration to fail. There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague be- cause when we consider to what extent confi- dence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improb- able that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is com- mon, almost universal. Let no young man choosmg the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief. Resolve to be hon- est at all events: and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation, rather than one in the choos- ing of v. ' hich you do, in advance, consent to be a knave. Page Thirty-eight