Trust and Interest

An unethical attorney, Ms. Oxy Moron, once said “You have to trust me. Without trust, it won’t work.” She then proceeded to violate this trust by meeting with a third party on the Sunday ahead of a hearing to discuss my case without my consent. She then accepted a $2000 payment from this party.” She dismissed the Attorney Ethical Code of Trust and created a conflict of interest because this Ms. Moron failed to “manage potential conflicts transparently” and violated her oath “to protect clients' interests” or represent them since her clients were not invited to the meeting or even informed of it.

Trust was definitely broken and ethical codes violated. I saw the signs when she could not even spell her clients’ names correctly. When told about her errors, she responded with the first sentence of the paragraph above.

What does interest have to do with trust? The model of capitalism in the United States and globally is based, not on trust, but rather on interest. The ties that bind in this “civil society” are not held with a handshake, but through rates of return, growth and percentages. Go figure, no pun intended.

That said, the $2000 payment carried more interest to the Moron than any ethical code of trust.