Originally Posted by
MartyClark
When I was a young lawyer in a big law firm in Denver, a number of us made the same observation. There was a tendency for a certain type of lawyer, usually a sole practitioner to go a little crazy when they got into their mid 50's and beyond. Not everyone, of course, but a significant number of these guys got eccentric, unreliable and, perhaps, a bit desperate.
As a pup lawyer I was representing a hospital on a case where the doctor allegedly removed a woman's uterus without her permission. The "old" lawyer on the other side accused me in open court of committing a crime, authorizing this allegedly illegal surgery for personal gain. Of course, I had nothing to do with the surgery, got the case well after it happened, and quickly saw the written consent. I was pretty angry about this accusation although I think the Judge was just amused by it. I went to the senior partner in my firm who advised me just to forget it, that my opponent was once very successful, had fallen on hard times and would self destruct without any help from me. Good advice.
Not exactly the same thing but the conduct of Rudy and Sidney Powell reminds me of a pattern that some of saw years ago.