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Ambulance ChaserA type of lawyer who ranks lower than a pile of excrement in terms of what he/she contributes tosociety.

Ambulance ChaserA mental disease infectinglawyers,attorneysand 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 "TheStrong Arm".Dang, look at "The Strong Arm" making a fool out of himself.What a Ambulance Chaser.

ambulance chaser1. A lawyer specialising in personal injury claims usually representing people against local authoritiesor large companies.

2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients fortripping andslippingcases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be apercentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured formeremployees 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 armmangled up in our machine is suing"B: "Who's he got?"A: "Some ambulance chaser."

ambulance chaserAmbulance ChaserAn 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, usuallydetermined through the lawyer's use of a personal police/fire radio scanner, in order to attempt todrum up business by convincing a victim that he or she needs to sue, or by simply being the firstlawyer in contact with the victim, generally when the victim is most prone to suggestion and easilytalked into suing.

In most jurisdictions, lawyers can be disbarred if caught engaging in such unethical behavior. Barassociations regularly dispatch investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to look out for unethicallawyers 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 forintentional infliction of emotional distress, so he in turn can receive a large contingency fee.

Champertous contract

A champertous contractis defined as acontractbetween astrangerand a party to a lawsuit, whereby

the stranger pursues the partysclaiminconsiderationof receiving part or any of theproceedsrecovered

under thejudgment;a bargain by a stranger with a party to a suit, by which such third personundertakes

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to carry on thelitigationat 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 alawyerfrom acquiring an interest in the subject of the litigation and to avoid aconflict of

interestbetween him and hisclient.

An amicus cur iae(also amicus cur i; plural amici curiae, literally "f r iend of the court") is someone

who is not apartyto acasewho offers information that bears on the case but that has not been solicited

by any of the parties to assist acourt.This may take the form oflegal opinion,testimonyorlearned

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 curiaeislegal

Latin.

Amicus CuriaeLiterally, 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 aparty but actually to suggest a rationale consistent with its own views. Such amicus curiae briefs arecommonly filed in appeals concerning matters of a broad public interest; e.g., civil rights cases. They maybe filed by private persons or the government. In appeals to the U.S. courts of appeals, an amicus briefmay be filed only if accompanied by written consent of all parties, or by leave of court granted on motionor at the request of the court, except that consent or leave shall not be required when the brief ispresented 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 offi ciois 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)

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