The Adventures of MDawg (in progress)

[MisterV]

Over all, I get the impression that he was some kind of lawyer once. Just a feeling I have. As to whether he was disbarred as opposed to retiring, no opinion. I did not start that rumor don't know where it came from. He admits to having had a drinking problem at one time, discusses starting off as a heavy drinker as early as college, but says he eventually substituted marijuana. Whether his drinking was out of control enough at one time to get him disbarred, who knows.

I retired after 40 years of practicing law: I was never disbarred, and never had a "founded to be true" bar complaint; I was never sued for nor accused of legal malpractice.

I have smoked pot since I was a teen: I never smoked nor was under the influence while working: I took my job seriously as I was affecting other people's lives, not just my own.

Like many attorneys I started out doing a wide variety of things; my partners did real estate, bankruptcy and business: i initially did landlord tenant, personal injury and family law.

About 20 years before retiring I decided to no longer do personal injury cases: the money was good but I just got tired of it, and I did not have the paralegal staff to make it work out smoothly.

For the last 20 years I did primarily family law cases: a lot of motion practice involved with frequent hearings and trials.

I enjoyed trial work: alas, most of my clients couldn't afford it, but those who could seemed happy with the results I brought about.

As for my drinking: I never had a real problem til the very last month or two, when for whatever reason I really pounded the gin; I awoke one morning in my bed only to discover I had vomited all over myself: I was awash in a sea of puke of my own making.

This was the epiphany that led me to quit drinking, cold turkey: I didn't want to die in my own puke as did some rockers.

Never had a DWI or any criminal issues: I just decided to quit; I quit tobacco previously, also going cold turkey; while concerned about health I was also pissed that the price had gone up ten-fold since college.

Dawg, your narrative above is wrong: as stated I always got high; my drinking was never heavy til the very last couple months before I quit.

But hey, you've never let facts get in the way of your story, eh?

"Happy variance to all"