(a meditation on blame, ego, and institutional cowardice)
You probably heard the news.
We changed law firms.
Cue the whispers. Cue the self-congratulations. Cue the board members nodding gravely, as if they just made a strategic decision rather than panicking and throwing someone under the nearest bus.
Let me be very clear – because clarity is not something this saga ever enjoyed.
Did the lawyer deserve to be fired?
Oh yes. Absolutely. No ambiguity there.
He was an arrogant little prick.
The kind that mistakes memorization for intelligence.
The kind who thinks logic is optional if you can recite cases like Bible verses.
The kind who talks at you, never with you, and assumes disagreement equals ignorance.
A walking, talking footnote.
I dealt with him. I endured him. I watched him puff himself up like a pigeon in mating season. So no tears were shed on my end when he was shown the door.
But here’s the part nobody wants to say out loud
He was also a scapegoat.
Not because he was innocent – he wasn’t – but because firing him was easier than confronting the rot that put him there in the first place.
Boards love scapegoats.
Property managers adore them.
They’re neat. Contained. Disposable.
Fire the lawyer.
Keep the same decision-making.
Keep the same arrogance.
Keep the same incurable allergy to accountability.
Voilà ! Problem “solved.”
The institutional magic trick 🎩
Watch closely:
- Step 1: Hire a lawyer who mirrors your worst instincts
- Step 2: Let him run unchecked
- Step 3: Lose
- Step 4: Act shocked
- Step 5: Sacrifice him publicly
- Step 6: Learn absolutely nothing
Applause. Curtain. Repeat.
The lawyer becomes the villain of the week – not because he’s uniquely bad, but because he’s conveniently singular. One head. One firing. One press-release-ready “course correction.”
Meanwhile, the system that empowered him?
Untouched. Unexamined. Untarnished.
The uncomfortable truth
He wasn’t the mastermind.
He wasn’t the architect.
He wasn’t even particularly clever.
He was a tool.
A smug one, yes.
An overpaid one, definitely.
But still just a tool.
And tools don’t design the house – they’re used by the people who do.
So yes, I’m glad he’s gone.
And no, I’m not buying the redemption arc.
Because when institutions fire the scapegoat but keep the culture, all they’ve really done is reset the clock until the next poor bastard is handed the same script.
Different face.
Same ending.
Disclaimer: This post is satire and opinion. Read full disclaimer.
