Enjoy your week!

What’s a lawyer’s favorite drink?

Just-ice

“Some attorneys might put the scales of justice on the back of their business cards. Some, maybe a gavel or an architectural column. Donald H. Kiolbassa put a photo of himself wielding two katanas in a three-piece suit against the Chicago skyline.”

This real estate attorney and certified public accountant moonlights as video game characters like undead ninja or Batman. Continue reading →

As an interlude on the ‘Lawyer Bios’ front, I think you’ll enjoy this list of names…

Cinderela Guevara

An American judge called Cinderela Guevara. Continue reading →

You know those incredibly boring bios… well the bio of the late Martin Ginsburg is nothing of the kind! By the way, make sure you read every word! 😊

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Have a lovely week! 🙂

Why did the elephant lawyer lose his case?

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According to Reuters, a key moment at Apple’s event for developers back in June was “the iPhone maker’s tweak that will keep its autocorrect feature from annoyingly correcting one of the most common expletives to ‘ducking'”.

‘In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,’ said Craig Federighi, Apple’s software chief.

Anybody out there want to share their pet autocorrect hates? 😊

If you are just about to start your working week with the prospect of trying to make sense of jargon and unknown abbreviations in a text which has no structure, is bloated, or is riddled with false friends… take a couple of minutes to enjoy this video spoof by Europe’s Directorate-General for Translation and its Clear Writing campaign. Enjoy! Continue reading →

Did we know ‘benchslapping’ was a thing? 🙂

The always amusing Judge Roy Ferguson posted the following last week:

“In benchslapping a lawyer into an absolute pancake, a federal judge included this snippet from the sanctioned lawyer’s “vexatious” bankruptcy motion. I’ve never before seen as many exclamation points included in a judicial opinion. #unhappyjudge In re King, 2023 WL 4606987.” Continue reading →

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This gem is from a faithful reader of this blog…

Enjoy your week! 🙂

What did the personal injury lawyer name her daughter?

Sue