Lawyers whose reason for existence is to defend the rights of privileged people who think they've been wronged by society. They tend to defend old, wealthy white men, religious zealots, and people named Karen who have been unsuccessful in their attempts to complain to a manager. Wambulance chasers are thrive on the tears of the merely inconvenienced.
May also be spelled "wahmbulance" and variations thereof.
May also be spelled "wahmbulance" and variations thereof.
The pastor at the local megachurch who kept ignoring COVID rules is going to court because the health authority finally shut them down. His lawyer is a real wambulance chaser.
Johnny, the local waaahmbulance chaser, just defended a dude upset because as an adult man people wouldn't hire him to be a babysitter.
Johnny, the local waaahmbulance chaser, just defended a dude upset because as an adult man people wouldn't hire him to be a babysitter.
by litui April 13, 2021
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I saw the bodycam after hearing how she 'promoted peace' only to see her trying to stab someone. You just can't trust those ambulance chaser activists
by n_t_12 April 27, 2021
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1. A lawyer specialising in personal injury claims usually representing people against local authorities or large companies.
2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients for tripping and slipping cases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be a percentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured former employees of big companies.
2. Derogative description for a personal injury lawyer who specifically seeks out clients for tripping and slipping cases against big companies. Certainly in the US, this is because the lawyer's fee will be a percentage of the client's damages award - therefore making it profitable to find injured former employees of big companies.
1. Q: What sort of practice is it?
A: Oh, he's an ambulance chaser.
2. A: "That guy who got his arm
mangled up in our machine is suing"
B: "Who's he got?"
A: "Some ambulance chaser."
A: Oh, he's an ambulance chaser.
2. A: "That guy who got his arm
mangled up in our machine is suing"
B: "Who's he got?"
A: "Some ambulance chaser."
by Richter September 20, 2003
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An Ambulance Chaser is a term for an unethical lawyer, especially those who represent plaintiffs in personal injury actions.
Origin
The term is derived from lawyers who follow ambulances to hospitals after a person is injured, usually determined through the lawyer's use of a personal police/fire radio scanner, in order to attempt to drum up business by convincing a victim that he or she needs to sue, or by simply being the first lawyer in contact with the victim, generally when the victim is most prone to suggestion and easily talked into suing.
In most jurisdictions, lawyers can be disbarred if caught engaging in such unethical behavior. Bar associations regularly dispatch investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to look out for unethical lawyers or their non-lawyer agents (known as "cappers" or "runners").
An Ambulance Chaser is a term for an unethical lawyer, especially those who represent plaintiffs in personal injury actions.
Origin
The term is derived from lawyers who follow ambulances to hospitals after a person is injured, usually determined through the lawyer's use of a personal police/fire radio scanner, in order to attempt to drum up business by convincing a victim that he or she needs to sue, or by simply being the first lawyer in contact with the victim, generally when the victim is most prone to suggestion and easily talked into suing.
In most jurisdictions, lawyers can be disbarred if caught engaging in such unethical behavior. Bar associations regularly dispatch investigators to large-scale disaster scenes to look out for unethical lawyers or their non-lawyer agents (known as "cappers" or "runners").
Good Example of Ambulance Chaser:
A lawyer who comes to a classroom and asks the students who were bullied to sue the bully for intentional infliction of emotional distress, so he in turn can receive a large contingency fee.
A lawyer who comes to a classroom and asks the students who were bullied to sue the bully for intentional infliction of emotional distress, so he in turn can receive a large contingency fee.
by Alex Pachiano October 28, 2006
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1) Hurrying to disaster sites to offer legal assistance, and:
2) Advertising heavily on television commercials, often using self-degrading nicknames such as "The Strong Arm".
1) Hurrying to disaster sites to offer legal assistance, and:
2) Advertising heavily on television commercials, often using self-degrading nicknames such as "The Strong Arm".
by Piranha August 29, 2006
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by Aw yeah October 13, 2003
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