Anonymous Lawyer

I've seen some posts on other weblogs about relations with opposing counsel, and how lawyers are often civil to each other even when their clients are at odds. This doesn't make sense to clients, because clients are stupid. Clients don't realize that we know when they're lying, we know when they're the bad guy, and that we're not in this to find justice, to find truth, or to make the world a better place. We're in this because we're getting paid a lot of money to come up with the best arguments, the most unfair (but still legal) contract terms, the most ridiculous interpretations of relatively clear precedent and statute that we can advance so our clients actually pay the bill. So of course we're going to be friendly. We're all on the same team.