Pete diary 6/1

[Alan McKendree]

> From: "L. Bird" <pkeets at hotmail.com>
> Date: June 4, 2006 11:25:19 AM CDT
>
>> Congratulations!  But I've never heard anyone address a lawyer as
> "Doctor".  Maybe things are different in your state (or in the
> alternative, in my state plus TV-land).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor

If that was meant to inform me that "JD" means "Juris Doctor", thanks  
but you're about 35 years too late.  If it was meant to reference  
this paragraph from the article:

> Licensed attorneys in the United States may append a variety of  
> titles to their names, most of which are intended to convey that  
> the person is licensed to practice law in at least one  
> jurisdiction. "Attorney", "attorney-at-law", "esquire" ("Esq."),  
> "lawyer", "J.D." are all generally acceptable titles that an  
> attorney may use; however, "J.D." may be used to denote that the  
> person has graduated from law school, not that they are licensed to  
> practice law.[snip]
>
> Even though the Juris Doctor is a doctorate, most lawyers do not  
> use the title "doctor".
> [edit]

you've bolstered my point.

Cheers,
Alan McKendree
"the average Texan...carries not just a gun but a SHOTGUN."  --Pete  
Townshend, 1967