NOTE FROM GEOFF:

Sorry about last week’s missing list — I moved the
Top5 Law chambers last week. But we’re back in
action and ready to go.

The Top 9 Differences
If Lawyers Were Unionized

9> Lawyers would be paid a lot of money for doing very little … Hey, wait a minute!

8> A properly filed subpoena duces tecum and Jimmy Hoffa would appear for inspection at the offices of undersigned counsel.

7> Making partner requires more paperwork to get out of the union than to buy into the partnership.

6> Picket signs would have 3 pages of fine print.

5> Courts would only be open from 2 to 3PM.

4> With Teamsters and lawyers suddenly on the same side, the country grinds to an agonizing halt.

3> Law Clerks fear finding a horse’s head in the book stacks during their next research assignment.

2> Out: Lawyer-client confidentiality. In: Omerta.

and the Number 1 Difference If Lawyers Were Unionized…

1> “Hey hey! Ho ho! The precedent established in People v. Catania, 21 U.S. 1038 (1976) has got to go! Hey hey! Ho ho! … ”

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Credits:

Selected from 63 submissions from 10 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brian E. Foster, Fairfax, VA — 1 (4th #1!)
Dawson E. Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 2
Jeff Gordon, Raleigh, NC — 3, 5
Nick Ortiz, Somerville, MA — 4
Bill Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — 6, 7, Topic
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 8
Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 9
Mike Ruiz, North Tonawanda, NY — Runner-up List Name
Geoff Brown, Ann Arbor, MI — Top5 Law Chief Justice