Legal Banter Lover Prints

'Touche, counselor - you're in contempt.'

Trial by Media

'I had my attorney draw this up. It states that if I choose to rise, I don't necessarily have to shine.'

'Negotiations have reached an impasse, legal recommends we resort to violence.'

"As the executor for your mother's estate, let me say that she loved each of you, but she also loved Las Vegas."

Barristers

"Bailiff."

"I just edited your Wikipedia entry." "Big whoop." "What a coincidence, that's what scientists have classified you as: Bigwhoop." "...The much grumpier, much louder, and much, much older second cousin of Bigfoot." "You lousy son of a..." "Wait... thank you. That's very flattering."

"We make crime pay."

"We're slapping you with a stress suit, pal!"

"This is my client's videotaped deposition—please be considerate and rewind after viewing."

"Not guilty by reason of genetic determinism, Your Honor."

A baby in court

An Archeologic Dig

"Where do you see yourself in five pints time?"

Pre-nuptal Agreement.

'Your honor, I'd like a short recess so my client can make a run for it.'

"The ignorance of the lawyer is no excuse."

"Recess is over, Your Honor."

"We're in luck, not a word about retrospectivity."

"The witness will confine his 'Knock knock' answers to 'Who's there?'"

'Your employee is either guilty of 'gross misconduct' or 'gross negligence'... you can't start disciplinary procedures on the basis that he is just 'plain gross'.'

"At least he's honest about it..."

A rare picture of Henry VIII's divorce lawyer.

'Furthermore, had a handrail been fitted to the wall , my client would not be sitting here now.'

"Once again, I simply don't recall."

"Honestly, I have no idea what a 'habeas corpus' is."

'I didn't know it was a one-trip salad bar!'

'Ignorance of the law is no excuse, dummy!'

Office supplies - Notebooks, memo pads and rap sheets.

"I should have been a lawyer. I'm great at ambulance chasing!"

Attorney At Law: Today's special - Bankruptcy and Divorce. Two for the price of one.

Baby's first words.

Judge about dancing lawyer: 'When you get to the second stanza of this song and dance, please approach the bench.'

Viking in the dock: His barrister says: 'Your honour, my client was simply expanding his business interests. We object to the use of the word 'pillaging'.'