Six Legal Haikus
August 16, 2013 § 2 Comments
Six wicked verses on the practice …
Measuring Time
Remember sun, moon,
day, night, week, year? Now it’s all
six-minute increments.
Employment Rates
Well-meaning friends ask,
“What type law will you practice?”
Any type that hires
The Lawyer’s Spouse
That won’t work on me;
I’m not opposing counsel.
“Objection” my ass.
Cease and Desist
50 paragraphs,
300 commas, therefores,
Just to say: Stop it.
Conference Call
“This guy’s a dumbass,”
I said after hitting mute.
Oops. Didn’t hit mute.
Personal Injury Lawyer
Am ambulance wails.
“Shouldn’t you be chasing that?”
My friends are assholes.
From Poetic Justice: Legal Humor in Verse, by J.D. Dupuy and M.L. Philpott, 2013
The Better Chancery Practice Blog 
Ben’s comment and the conference call made me remember an incident that happened to me several years ago when I was practising in Hattiesburg and raising my former stepson. My secretary told me that Judge Sebe Dale was on line one and my son on line two. I answered line two by saying “How’s my favorite man?” I had intended to quickly tell my son that I would call him back. There was a long pause before Judge Dale said, “I am well, and you?”
One week on the job and I can relate to each of these except for the conference call. Luckily that hasn’t happened… yet.