I don't know Ms. Short's motives with this presser. But, I will say this, what an excellent opportunity to promote herself and her services:
- My clients and I love each other; my being fired was a grand-standing attorney's choice
- I have utmost faith and dedication to my clients; I will fight for them and profess their innocence even if it's on my own time
- I have a large caring staff and I stay engaged; I keep my feet on the ground working for my clients
- I am aggressive and compassionate
Maybe Ms. Short truly believes in DB/JI and wants to help find Lisa. Maybe she is making sure it is known to potential clients that she was not fired directly by her highest-profile clients, while promoting herself and her services to a much larger audience than she'd usually get. Maybe both.
Bye Ms. Short. Help find Lisa using your local resources, good on you (sincerely). You were dismissed, fair or not. Thank you for the final (I hope) press conference.
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I agree.
I think I'm criticising her for having any whiny, self-serving press conference AT ALL when a simple PROFESSIONAL statement along the lines that she and JT had differences in the way they wanted to proceed with the case and therefore she had regretfully decided to step down would have done. No, I don't absolve JT either, I'm disgusted by just about everyone who is supposedly advising this family, they are ALL in it for themselves IMO.
I didn't see it, so I don't know if her tone was whiny. Many posters do not think it was. However, I think a short, professional statement to the press, in writing, would have been preferable. I absolutely think she was looking out for herself and her business, rather than for baby Lisa. And looking out for baby Lisa is not her job, so I get that. I just feel that a lot of integrity is flying out the door in connection to this case.
I may get a time out for this,but their is a whole lot of bashing going on with the people in KC- LE,Media and now a lawyer-It just wrong!!! JMO,JMO!! These people just can't get it right I guess!!!! Not all LE,Media and Lawyers are bad !!
No, but as a lawyer, I disagree with what she did here. I'm on the fence. I don't criticize everything the pro-innocence side does or says. But I feel there are too many people involved in this case who are looking out for number one, and not baby Lisa, the truly innocent person in all of this.
If I had a reputation like her-I would be on TV trying to repair it to.Her profession is her bread and butter.The rumors hitting the community that you were fired by a guy like JT and having all the other rumors flying-yes I would be telling people of MY community the reason why I left a high profile case.JMO
Yes. I agree. But a written statement would have been more professional at this stage, IMO. Every presser of this sort takes the focus off finding this baby, and onto the circus atmosphere. That's scary to me.
I liked her too, surprised myself! And I don't blame her one bit for wanting to clarify what happened. She has a business, she doesn't want to be seen as incompetent. The majority of people are going to think she was kicked off the case because she wasn't good enough. That doesn't really inspire confidence in a defense attorney. People hire defense attorneys that can win, not ones that get "fired" from cases. I would have done the same thing if I felt it would affect my livelihood. MOO
I understand her reasons for wanting to do it, but I don't like it. It seemed like grandstanding and perhaps she felt it was necessary, but a written statement would have been more professional, IMO.
I haven't seen her at all yet and am not sure about her tactics, but there does seem to be a turf war going on here. And the flashier sorts seem to be winning out. I heard another local defense attorney state that he was baffled and disturbed by the decision to let this woman go. That she is an excellent defense attorney. I think this family is making some major mistakes, taken in by smarmy people who impress with their flash and bluster. That's a shame because it leads us no closer to finding Lisa.
And that being said, I think that even local, dedicated professionals are being somewhat influenced by the notoriety of this case. Like Ms. Short. I can only hope that LE and the state's attorney's office don't go the same route as everyone else connected to this case has.