June 15th, 2004
The Top 9 Ways to Break the News to
Your Client That He’ll Have to Do Time
Your Client That He’ll Have to Do Time
9> “Hey, can I borrow your lawn mower? I promise to return it in three to five years.”
8> Step 1: Tell him he’s a free man, and the bailiffs are here to escort him to his “super-secret” celebration. Step 2: Run.
7> “Just check out the verdict, Dick… Prepare to be a bitch, Rich….”
6> “Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.”
5> Serve him with a writ of S.O.L.
4> “Remember how your wife took the house in the divorce? Housing problem solved!”
3> “The glove fit, they didn’t acquit.”
2> A card from Hallmark’s new “You’re Goin’ Down!” line would make a lovely wall decoration in his cell.
and the Number 1 Way to Break the News to Your Client That He’ll
Have to Do Time…
Have to Do Time…
1> “Can you think of anything more fabulous than getting personal decorating tips from Martha Stewart?”
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Credits:
Selected from 47 submissions from 12 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Mark Weiss, Austin, TX — 1 (13th #1!)
SH Armstrong, Jupiter, FL — 2, Topic
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 3
Bruce K. Skillin, Ocean Park, ME — 4
Bill Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — 5
Will Middelaer, New Britain, CT — 6
Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA — 7, 8
Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA — 9
Geoff Brown, Ann Arbor, MI — Top5 Law Chief Justice