November 28, 2008

Crime and Punishment Department

Scott Andringa - The Name You Know

I just recently discovered a web site for the Law Offices of R. Scott Andringa in Clearwater Florida. His About Us page has an interesting bit of information (emphasis mine):

After beginning his career as a misdemeanor prosecutor in the State Attorneys Office in Clearwater, Florida he was promoted to Misdemeanor Lead Trial Attorney. He
transferred to New Port Richey, Florida in 1995 when he was promoted to prosecuting
felony cases. He remained in New Port Richey for nine years, prosecuting many
high-profile cases including a landmark dance studio fraud case, death penalty cases
and a drug trafficking case that was featured on 60 Minutes, Nightline and in the New
York Times
. He was also responsible for dozens of other successful prosecutions and
was profiled in the St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune.

I only know one Scott Andringa who was involved in a Florida drug trafficking case that was featured on 60 Minutes, and that's this guy. I guess he still doesn't get it.

I suppose he could be just the sort of aggressive lawyer some people need: One of those guys for whom winning is more important than anything else.

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Spectacular find, Mark. This is one you should really expand, with all the ugly details surrounding his glorification on 60 Minutes, so that no one is ever fooled into being impressed by his facile presentation of his credentials.

Oh, I have a plan. Yes I do.

More on that next week.

I can't wait. Just in case I miss it, please tip me off so that I can link to it. This guy sounds like a world-class asshat.

He's not the only one out there.

Asshats in the legal community? I'm shocked. Shocked!

(Things your Amazon widget is trying to sell me: Transformers, Wall-E, Eclipse, and Goin' Down On It. What demographic are you marketing to here?)

Hey Mark, you're the guy who has blog categories for both "Asshat Lawyer of the Day" and "Asshat of the Day Award", so I suspect your protestations of shock are less than genuine.

(As for Amazon, the widget is trying to sell me The Spiderwick Chronicles, Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed, Expert F#, and 3D Programming for Windows, so I think maybe the appropriate question is what the heck have you been buying?

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