Hire a Bad Lawyer, Really ⚖️
Summary
A rider on the subway pitches a counterintuitive legal strategy: if you're accused of something, hire the worst lawyer you can find. The logic? Showing up with a powerful attorney signals guilt because it means you're scared and need someone who can "mend and mold the law" to protect you. But if your lawyer is fumbling with papers and saying "Oh golly G," the jury will feel sympathy. They'll back you up. Kareem pushes back on the premise, asking what the actual solution would be. The rider doubles down. Incompetence breeds trust.
Full Transcript
I think if you're in trouble with the law and you hired a powerful lawyer, that should mean that you're guilty. Like, if it's known that you hire like a very powerful lawyer that's good at their job, you did it because that means you're scared. Yeah, that means you like—we're really like, "Oh, I need someone who can mend and mold the law to protect." If you ever had done anything, uh, let's just call it bad, okay?
What would your solution then be? If you're not going to hire a great lawyer, you hire a bad lawyer? If I have a lawyer who's like fumbling with his papers and the lawyer's like, "Oh golly G," and he like doesn't know what's going on, the jury's going to be like, "I mean, we got to back this guy up."
So what's your take?