Synopsis:

Philip Slayton spent 35 years as a lawyer. In Lawyers Gone Bad, he exposes the motivations and the stories of senior partners in influential Canadian firms who have illegally sustained expensive lifestyles, engaged in drug trafficking, been convicted of immigration fraud, laundered money, and been disbarred for having sex with clients. These are colourful, personal dramas that give insight into lawyers, legal practice, and how the law itself can fail or be twisted.

Early Press:

"The Canadian Bar Association has "condemned in the strongest possible way" the latest Maclean's cover story [on Lawyers Gone Bad], claiming the article "paints a distorted, one-sided and sensationalized picture of the legal profession."
The Lawyers Object
- Macleans

 

"Q: Have you ever felt embarrassed to tell people you're a lawyer?
A: When people on airplanes ask what I do, I say I'm in auto parts. No one wants to talk about auto parts. But if you tell them you're a lawyer, everybody has a story about how they were screwed by a lawyer, or the terrible thing a lawyer did to Aunt Bessie."
Lawyers are Rats – (interview with Philip Slayton)
- Macleans

 

Updated: Maclean's calls us rats, CBA pissed, author Philip Slayton weighs in
LawandStyle.ca (Precedent magazine)
Feature on Maclean's piece, posted July 27

 

Exposé makes lawyer Public Enemy No. 1
"Critics say Slayton 'cherry-picked' content of Lawyers Gone Bad, and Maclean's sensationalized story."
Feature article: The Toronto Star, August 2

 

Why should lawyers be allowed to regulate themselves?
Philip Slayton op-ed from The Globe and Mail, August 3

 

The trouble with law is lawyers
The Globe and Mail review, August 4

 

Bad boys, bad boys, what they gonna bill?
"The legal profession is in an uproar over one of its own – a former Bay St. partner and law school dean who says, gasp, some lawyers are scoundrels"
Toronto Star review, August 5

 

'Rat' ruckus drowns out real debate
Legal Post feature from National Post, August 8