{"id":8559,"date":"2009-03-22T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T04:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8559"},"modified":"2015-01-06T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T16:56:18","slug":"big-swinging-dick-lawyer-just-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8559","title":{"rendered":"Big Swinging Dick Lawyer Just For Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the top of its website, it says: &quot;Practicing the Law &#8211; From a Male Perspective &#8211; Vigorous Legal Representation &#8211; TRIAL TOUGH!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t hear such a testosterone filled pitch very often for a law firm.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swangolaw.com\">SwangoLaw.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Jason Swango started Swango Law P.C. in order to reach a specific portion of the population. In cases of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swangolaw.com\/PracticeAreas\/Military-Divorce.asp\">divorce<\/a> and even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swangolaw.com\/PracticeAreas\/Criminal-Law.asp\">criminal law<\/a>, men face challenges unique to their sex. In other areas of law, business or sports law for example, some men simply feel more comfortable being represented by another male.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>UPDATE: 1\/6\/15: I notice the website Swangolaw.com has toned things down a tad though Jason&#8217;s <A HREF=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigdogatlaw\">Twitter account reads<\/a>: &#8220;I Just Get It Done Better Than Everyone Else! DUI Defense, Divorce for Men, Motivation, Everything!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/wavy.com\/2014\/04\/04\/law-firms-edgy-ads-highlight-bias-against-men\/\">April 4, 2014 News Story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) \u2013 A Virginia Beach attorney is using an over-the-top advertising campaign to highlight a serious problem \u2013 the bias some men experience in family court.<br \/>\nThe Firm for Men\u2019s new commercial shows a man cheering about his divorce and his new \u201chot girlfriend.\u201d It\u2019s one of many new advertisements the law firm just began using to get men\u2019s attention. They also plan to post a billboard that reads: \u201cJust because she gave birth doesn\u2019t make her the better parent.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe feel it shows men in a positive light, and it shows that life isn\u2019t over because of divorce,\u201d said attorney Jason Swango. \u201cThe ads say \u2018we\u2019re here for you, but you can also have a good ending.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/hamptonroads.com\/2013\/07\/local-lawyers-facebook-post-no-laughing-matter\">July 5, 2014 News Story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe lawsuit centers on the post, included in the court file, which shows defense attorney Jason Swango at the bench in General District Court, flanked by a police officer, a bailiff and his client in a city jail jumpsuit.<\/p>\n<p>It claims defense attorney Daniel J. Miller on Feb. 1 published the photo to Facebook, tagging Swango with the caption: &#8220;Notice the stain on this guys jail suit when he realized who he had as an attorney.&#8221; Miller also commented, &#8220;Based upon what I saw I think Jason Swango should&#8217;ve paid him,&#8221; according to a screen grab of the post included with the lawsuit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the top of its website, it says: &quot;Practicing the Law &#8211; From a Male Perspective &#8211; Vigorous Legal Representation &#8211; TRIAL TOUGH!&quot; You don&#8217;t hear such a testosterone filled pitch very often for a law firm. From SwangoLaw.com: Jason &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8559\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[16937,16940,16941,16938,16939],"class_list":["post-8559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","tag-free-initial-consultation","tag-men-face","tag-sports-law","tag-swango","tag-whatever-your-reason"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8559"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61663,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8559\/revisions\/61663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}