Was Obama ever an actual trial lawyer or was he a negotiating, paper pushing type of lawyer?

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I'm wondering because his political style involves a ridiculous amount of "consensus building" and far too little "Mack the Knifing"..

Oh John Edwards where are you when we needed you?

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[BlooInBloo]

1. Most pathetic fail ever. Litigation is only one very small part of law....

Teh stupid, still burning.

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4. We need someone who's going to fight for us, not make nice to people who are looking to screw us

every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Where's THAT Barack? Bring him out...

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2. He was on LA Law.

C'MON.:wtf:

[AspenRose]

3. You sure it wasn't The Practice?

I still miss that show.

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5. The practice? I was out of the country in the early 90's could have been another primetime series he

was in.

[Jennicut]

6. Here you go...some info about his lawyer days

Obama's lawyer days were effective but brief
The head of his former firm says he did good work. But not all of it was related to voting and civil rights.

By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 06, 2008

CHICAGO — In his books, speeches and campaign commercials, Sen. Barack Obama often harks back to his days as a civil rights attorney.

It is fundamental to his autobiography, displayed on his campaign website and woven into his appeals for votes. In one of his television ads leading up to the South Carolina primary, Obama recalled "working as a civil rights attorney to make sure that everybody's vote counted."

Senior attorneys at the small firm where he worked say he was a strong writer and researcher, but was involved in relatively few cases -- about 30 -- and spent only four years as a full-time lawyer before entering politics.

Obama arrived in Chicago in 1993 with a degree from Harvard Law School and was hired as a junior lawyer at the firm then known as Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Gallard. He helped represent clients in civil and voting rights matters and wrongful firings, argued a case before a federal appellate court, and took the lead in writing a suit to expand voter registration.

But the firm also handled routine legal matters and real estate. Obama spent about 70% of his time on voting rights, civil rights and employment, generally as a junior associate. The rest of his time was spent on matters related to real estate transactions, filing incorporation papers and defending clients against minor lawsuits.

In one instance, Obama defended a nonprofit corporation that owns low-income housing projects against a lawsuit in which a man alleged that he slipped and fell because of poor maintenance. Obama got the suit dismissed.http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/06/nation/na-obamalegal6

He defended people in court...more then "paper pushing" and he did not win big settlements and get rich like Edwards did, he argued about people's civil rights.

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7. He sounds moderately successful as a trial attorney but not spectacular.

Kind of what I figured.

[JTFrog]

8. Hello, Whine-One-One?

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9. Nope...Can't afford it... no health insurance and no public option...

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