Hey Jude, You Were A True Battler For The Battlers
by Tim O’Dwyer M.A., LL.BQueensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate
watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au
My friend and colleague Judy Teitzel died shortly before Christmas last year. She was only 45 years of age. Few lawyers would be as outraged on behalf of disadvantaged clients, as solicitor Judy once was, to accuse a government of “gutter tactics”. Even fewer would, as Judy once did, describe a Fair Trading Minister as the minister for “unfair trading”.
No wonder, when the Beattie Government in 2002 retrospectively changed the law to prevent scammed property investors claiming compensation from a statutory fund, this battler for the battlers was vilified under parliamentary privilege by the same minister.
Although, according to the long-gone minister, she had smeared the reputation of the her profession, Brisbane-based Judy Teitzel was respected and well-regarded as an outspoken lawyer of integrity by her colleagues, by the media and by many ordinary folk.
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IF THERE WAS A GOD TIM , I WOULD SAY GOD BLESS YOU, NEVERTHELESS THE
BATTLERS OF THIS WORLD WILL. HOWEVER THANK YOU. THE THRUST OF YOUR OBIT
PROVES THAT MY OPENING ASSERTION IS CORRECT. MY REGRET IS THAT I NEVER MET
THIS LIPSTICK BULLDOG. YOUR OBIT CAUSED ME TO WEEP!
THERE IS HOPE IN THIS WORLD.
YOU ARE OK COMRADE I SALUTE YOU.
Thanks for the beautiful obituary on Judy Teitzel.
God bless her.
Thanks Tim for such beautiful and sincere words about such a beautiful and sincere person. As her paralegal for years in the early days of the property marketing scheme, her friendship divided my conscience whether or not to persue a career in law because it often felt like all the hard work and long hours spent on researching we did for all those batteling families and often victims of medical negligence was in vain. Working with Judy Teitzel wasn't just a job. Her friendship wasn't just that of a boss/employee, it was that of a teacher above everything else. A teacher of integrity, strength, honesty and loyalty. Her challenge to me was that she would take me on as her Articled Clerk if I had the strength and perserverence to study law and earn my degree. Unfortunately I didn't finish it in time. Her heart was full of gold and her memory and teachings will always live on.
As being bitten by the SEQLD property crocodiles, I was please when I saw Ms Teitzel, on TV, championing the causes of the ordinary investors who had been stung. My contacts with Her were with very professional, along with some hilarious phone calls at times. I asked after Judy when I received the call of the cessation of the Property Matters and was advised that She was sick and I was shocked to read of Her passing. THERE ARE FAR TOO FEW JUDY TIEZELS IN THIS WORLD. Perhaps our Parliaments could use some of Her qualities.
As being bitten by the SEQLD property crocodiles, I was please when I saw Ms Teitzel, on TV, championing the causes of the ordinary investors who had been stung. My contacts with Her were with very professional, along with some hilarious phone calls at times. I asked after Judy when I received the call of the cessation of the Property Matters and was advised that She was sick and I was shocked to read of Her passing. THERE ARE FAR TOO FEW JUDY TIEZELS IN THIS WORLD. Perhaps our Parliaments could use some of Her qualities.
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