Not
all lawyers are litigators
In
response to Michael W.
Szkaradek’s letter,
“Complying is easier than representing clients,” I agree with his premise that
complying with MCLE is not that difficult and should be done. But I do take
umbrage when he says: “How can any attorney who is unable to comply with the
relatively simple MCLE reporting requirements be expected to understand complex
case-related fact patterns or otherwise competently represent clients by
complying with the substantially more complex procedural and substantive legal
requirements associated with most lawsuits?”
There
are a lot of us who never see the inside of a courtroom and really don’t want
to, and thus don’t have to worry about the substantive legal requirements
associated with most lawsuits. Michael, not all of us are litigators.
Walter
C. Bornemeier
Farmington, Utah