[justlearning]

"So now I have to hire a lawyer to try to figure all this out."

forgive my ignorance, but isn't Arrington a lawyer?. Question - Why does a lawyer need to hire another lawyer to represent him? Although, there are several branches of law specialization, Arrington could take it on himself to file the case against DHS? no?

"I live a fairly simple life and that didn’t change much after I sold TechCrunch in 2010" - yeah we all know.

[jdboyd]

"A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client" - 19th century proverb.

[starnixgod]

A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.

[malandrew]

I imagine that in this case there is also a benefit of distancing himself from the process of finding a legal resolution. If I hire a lawyer, I'm using the system as it's supposed to be used. If I represent myself (because I'm a lawyer), it's easy for the opposing side to misconstrue that as "contempt" of the process.