Lawyers Are Assholes

Lawyers Are Assholes

This is where we call out incompetent and unscrupulous lawyers, prosecutors, and Judges. And we talk about a judicial system that may work for the players involved in the system but not for any of us as consumers. Our format is that we first talk about the current assholes of the week and then we have a guest who has personally been abused by the system. And we end the show with my rant talking about the issues presented by today's guest.

Episodes

May 29, 2023 27 mins

Encore Presentation as I continue on the Appalachian Trail.

In this episode I discuss the Dr. William Husel verdict. Dr. Husel was acquitted of 14 bogus murder charges while a nurse in Tennessee was charged and convicted for making a mistake. Prosecutors, like Judges, are not your friends when their personal interests trump basic humanity. Pathetic conduct for personal gain. Let’s hold them accountable.

Copyright 2025 Bret Adams

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Encore Presentation as I continue my segment hiking of the Appalachian Trail.

Today we welcome a woman hosed by a system that puts the interests of Judges before the interests of the public. This story will outrage you and serve as a call to appoint Judges based upon merit & without political affiliation. Jane recovered from this sentencing nightmare and currently operates a successful business. Time to take political influences...

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May 15, 2023 18 mins

Today we discuss the pathetic lack of legal ethics in our Nations highest Court and in the Ohio Supreme Court. As a member of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Ethics Committee for over 25 years, I feel I have the authority to opine on this issue and to ask how we as lawyers should conduct ourselves when Justices of the US and Ohio Supreme Court cannot police themselves. In this episode we bring to your attention the lack of profess...

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May 8, 2023 43 mins

Today you will hear the saga of Lauren Kinmich, whose divorce was delayed for over 4 months because she couldn’t persuade Kim Browne, undeserving of the title of Judge, to take 5 minutes to read her settlement agreement. Lauren is the poster child for my justification to do Lawyers Are Assholes.

The Asshole of the Week is Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack who loves mismanaging your taxpayer dollars.

Express your dissatisfaction...

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This was the title of the review left for Matt Moore’s new book “Emily: A Staged Suicide in Ohio" by Juror #8 Connie Curry. Connie came forward to talk with us about her experience, the jury process, and the travesty of justice that was the prosecution of Matt Moore.

Matt's book: https://a.co/d/dzxtCC0

Detective Grubbs: 740-882-7444

Copyright 2025 Bret Adams

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April 24, 2023 60 mins

When Matt Moore was negligently, erroneously, or stupidly charged with his wife’s murder, the internet turned on him with the refrain of “Justice for Emily.” In Episode 2 you will hear about Matt’s arrest, 15 months awaiting trial, the trial, and verdict. 

The asshole of the week is yet another prosecutor using their position for political gain and the victim was Alec Baldwin. 

Matt's book: https://a.co/d/dzxtCC0

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April 17, 2023 57 mins

When Matt Moore was negligently, erroneously, or stupidly charged with his wife’s murder, the internet turned on him with the refrain of “Justice for Emily.” In the first of this 2 part episode you hear about Matt’s relationship with Emily, her disappearance, his efforts to locate her, his arrest, and staged perp walk. 

The asshole of the week is Attorney Robert Klingler who sued Afroman after a botched Sheriff’s raid, you...

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April 10, 2023 29 mins

With a season 2 preview teasing stories like Matt Moore, who lost his freedom, his home, and his reputation after being falsely accused of staging his wife’s suicide. How do we hold these prosecutors accountable for jailing an innocent man for 15 months while they make up theories in an attempt to secure a conviction. How do we hold the Judge accountable when the case should have never been given to the jury at the end of presentat...

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Bret is going solo today after getting fired up about yet another lawyer's unethical conduct.

Learn how to choose the lawyer best for your needs, pay attention to your case, review every bill, and challenge your lawyer to look out for your interest only, not their own!

And learn how to really screw up your dispute just by involving a lawyer when one is not necessary. 

If you are sick of someone’s shit, let us know here.

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Esteemed criminal defense lawyer Brad Koffel joins the podcast today to discuss the archaic and dangerous grand jury process.

Note to weak prosecutors who manipulate this process; have the courage to file charges without a grand jury crutch and stand behind those charges. Better yet, have the courage to eliminate what all of you know to be a stacked process against all of us as ordinary citizens. 

If you are sick of someone’s s...

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Our first show without a guest in response to the high-profile Dr. William Husel verdict. Dr. Husel was acquitted of 14 bogus murder charges while a nurse in Tennessee was charged and convicted for making a mistake.

Prosecutors, like Judges, are not your friends when their personal interests trump basic humanity. Pathetic conduct for personal gain.

Let’s hold them accountable. 

If you are sick of someone’s shit, let us know her...

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Dr. Kvitko is in the studio to share his experience with taking on Delta Dental and why class actions are designed to only benefit the lawyers involved, not the consumer.

Plus, hurry to the bank to cash your AT&T settlement check for $1.27 while your lawyer makes millions. 

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March 23, 2022 34 mins

Today we welcome a woman hosed by a system that puts the interests of Judges before the interests of the public. This story will outrage you and serve as a call to appoint Judges based upon merit & without political affiliation.

Jane recovered from this sentencing nightmare and currently operates a successful business. Time to take political influences out of the process so that all of us as citizens are treated fairly. 

If...

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Legendary basketball Coach Tom Penders joins us to discuss the financial cost and mental stress of defending your reputation against unscrupulous fame-seeking wanna-be lawyers. 

Thomas Vincent Penders (born May 23, 1945) is an American retired college basketball coach, who last coached from 2004 through 2010 at the University of Houston. He is from Stratford, Connecticut[1] and has a 649–437 career record. As a college athlete...

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March 4, 2022 46 mins

I talk to Joey Hendrickson, who became a victim of overzealous liquor control agents.

One would think in the State of Ohio their liquor agents and prosecutors would have far more important issues to address than sending a swat team to arrest a citizen who provides a source of income for struggling musicians.

So much for working altruistically to help others when the State determines you are violating an obscure statute that no one k...

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February 23, 2022 41 mins

Do we really need lawyers involved in the divorce process?

Former collegiate football coach Zach Smith is here to talk about his unnecessary, expensive, and continuing domestic litigation saga. 

Zach's legal fiasco may have been exacerbated with the 5 lawyers representing his ex during this 4-year continuing process. But this hasn’t deterred Zach from finding personal success in coaching his 3 kids and with his national podcast...

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February 19, 2022 2 mins

Welcome to Lawyers Are Assholes. I'm your host, Bret Adams, a lawyer, I should say a recovering lawyer who found a platform to address a broken legal system.

Bret Adams is an accomplished lawyer and sports agent serving for over 25 years on the Ohio State Bar Association’s Professional Ethics and Conduct Committee. Adams has been a vocal critic of a flawed legal system and one of the few lawyers with the courage to take on the entr...

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