So what's up with esquire?

[PSU Mike]

Or maybe we have an honorific for members of this board

I suspect that many elder members can’t make this claim.

 

[BobPSU92]

Or, on occasion, "defendant".

On Law & Order, the great doctors are often defendants.

I've watched enough Law & Order over the years to be a good armchair lawyer.

 

[demlion]

On Law & Order, the great doctors are often defendants.

I've watched enough Law & Order over the years to be a good armchair lawyer.

If my armchair ever gets arrested, I'll have him call you up.

 

[BobPSU92]

If my armchair ever gets arrested, I'll have him call you up.

McCoy is a bulldog, and a great mentor.

 

[demlion]

McCoy is a bulldog, and a great mentor.

Same with my bulldog.

 

[fairgambit]

On Law & Order, the great doctors are often defendants.

I've watched enough Law & Order over the years to be a good armchair lawyer.

There is no doubt a percentage of doctors get sued when there is a poor outcome, even when they are not at fault and did all they could. People often find death difficult to accept and want to blame someone. I have also seen situations where I believed the doctor was at fault, and people refused to file suit. In the end, you just hope the system works and a jury will sort out those who were negligent and those who were not.

 

[Ranger Dan]

All grain beer? What else is in beer, except grains?

Hops and water

 

[psu7113]

Reading this thread about the lawyer who ranted about people speaking Spanish I noticed he refers to himself as Mr. Blah Blah, Esq. What's up with Esquire? Is it supposed to mean anything? Can anybody call themselves esquire? I've never know anybody with this title. Seems it stands for arrogant a-hole but I'm willing to be enlightened.

Doctors go by John Doe, MD or John Doe, DO. Instead of going by John Doe, JD, most lawyers (at least in private practice) have traditionally gone by John Doe, Esquire. That said, as our society becomes increasingly informal, the trend is starting to wane.

 

[kgilbert78]

One of my exchange program classmates used to like to sign her name "Esquire" at the end--just for fun, I'd guess (she wasn't pretentious). Oddly enough there was another gal in our program who did do the law school route who would be qualified (she argued at least one case before SCOTUS).

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Same with my bulldog.

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