Connections again
A while back, I noted that I wouldn’t be the first person from my high school class to make The New York Times or Time.
Today, thanks to a post at How Appealing, I know that I won’t be the first in my elementary school class to be featured at The Smoking Gun. Matt Toll, who I last saw when I went to his birthday party shortly after we moved to another township at the start of sixth grade, wrote an interesting letter to the law firms where he’s hoping to be interviewed. Matt was quite a ruffian at times — I could tell stories that those firms might not want to hear, if they’re inclined to make judgments about a candidate on the basis of the candidate’s behavior when he was eight — but he was always really smart and driven to succeed. He’ll make a terrific lawyer, and from the looks of it, he’ll end up with a firm that has a sense of humor. I wish him luck….
Carl Said,
May 4, 2004 @ 12:05 am
It’s too bad that we have people like Mr. Toll in this world– they are just the kind of folk who bring shame to a wide variety of professions. In Matt’s case, the legal field will suffer. He provides the evidence that the profession is jam-packed with egomaniacs and self-interested, scheming turncoats. Humorous he may be– but I pity the client(s) that get screwed in the process. Some, like clients who seek a criminal defense lawyer, will end up going to jail due to his wild-eyed ignorance; but I have a feeling most will just get robbed blind. Because at his core, Matthew Toll is all about the money.