martinsantos
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I saw what you tell about. A lot of my Law School colleagues went to those very large offices (more than 5 hundred lawyers). In these offices the use of tie by young lawyers was recriminated. Suits, etc, were only wore by the chiefs.
Fun certainly is! I have worked a lot with police officers as clients, and usually they get procedings very interesting. Specially those with Grand Jury (my big love as a Lawyer since my student days! Here only for murder)
As Hal says, the tie is about expression and aesthetic display. The cynic in me has decided that the reason more businesses are drifting over to "business casual" is in order to stamp on this self expression. Businesses, in general, want automata; they want people who will follow rules and orders to the letter. They do not want thinkers, they want drones. By suppressing what is essentially the only means of male aesthetic expression of individuality in business dress, they have finally cottoned on to how to control men more effectively in the workplace. The only surprising thing is that they took so long to work it out …
I practice labor and administrative law generally. My practice represents police officers in administrative, civil, and criminal matters. It's a fun gig.
Fun certainly is! I have worked a lot with police officers as clients, and usually they get procedings very interesting. Specially those with Grand Jury (my big love as a Lawyer since my student days! Here only for murder)