Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Lawrence (attorney)

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The result was delete. east.718 at 00:28, December 27, 2007

Richard Lawrence (attorney)

Delete No notability proved. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 16:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nn lawyer, fails WP:BIO. STORMTRACKER 94 17:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:V and WP:BIO. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 18:21, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:V Macy's 123 19:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete per WP:CSD#G12. Appears to be mostly a copyright violation of this page from the subject's law firm. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 20:38, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Now that that problem's been fixed, weak keep. It looks as though winning the awards he's won, as well as the other statements in the opening paragraph of the article meet WP:BIO requirements for notability. However, I would still like to see more sources. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 14:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment -- I added a couple of references, and fleshed out this article.
- Does publshing half a dozen articles in professional jounrals, a couple of chapters in textbooks, merit coverage here?
- Does winning the Wiedemann Wysocki National Finance Council Award merit coverage here?
- I dunno. I reserve judgment until I find out the significance of the award.
- "...he has concentrated on representing those who have been catastrophically injured by bad medical care." -- Sounds like he is an ambulance chaser, like John Edwards.
  - Sooooo. Does that make him more or less notable? --Evb-wiki (talk) 21:06, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 13:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Okay, the Wiedemann Wysocki Award doesn't seem very exclusive. Fourteen were given out in 2007. References to it differ on who awarded it, and its exact name. Some references don't bother to record which year it was given to awardees. If he merits coverage it is going to have to be for something other than this award. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 14:47, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -- How does, "he has concentrated on representing those who have been catastrophically injured by bad medical care" make him sound like an ambulance chaser? Even so, why does this merit a deletion? Being a published author on a specialty of law and garnering some of Kentucky's largest tort verdicts merits an entry. Whatman77 (talk) 03:43, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No more notable than about 50% of the lawyers in the U.S. Publishing and receiving recognition within the legal community is pretty common. --Evb-wiki (talk) 04:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletions. —User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 04:17, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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