Is Rusty Hardin the Worst Lawyer Ever?
May 9th 2008ericjhoroSteroids & MLB
I’m not sure too many people are going to be hiring him in the future (although he did do some noble work in getting Enron off the hook). Here a few of Hardin’s shrewd moves so far.
–Demanding a congressional hearing in which his client was repeatedly railed by the democratic members of Congress for being an arrogant liar—Somehow Hardin failed to foresee that the U.S. Government wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to clear the name of one of baseball’s most upstanding gentlemen. Additionally, Hardin let Clemens testify without any material beyond the “I worked hard” line he’d been peddling for the previous six weeks.
–Filing a defamation lawsuit against Brian McNamee without knowing whether there was any information that could prove Clemens’ name was already defamed—Either McNamee was so naive he didn’t believe Roger Clemens’ copious extramarital affairs would effect the suit, or he didn’t bother to find out all the pertinent information about his client. Whatever the case, that’s not good frivolous lawsuit management. On the plus side, Mindy McCready’s mom say she thinks Clemens is clean—you know, because her underage daughter definitely would have told her if the married man she was having an affair with was using performance enhancing drugs.
–Representing both Clemens and Andy Pettitte, the man who’s testimony contradicts that of Clemens—Yep, there’s nothing like representing the star witness for the other side. That’s a conflict of interest you can take all the way to the bank.
best impression of a 2-year-old’s tantrum every time he touches the ball. You could take it easy with a simple “Waaa, Waaa,” or you could be hardcore and go into full blown toddler wailing.