Subject: Honest Lawyer

An investment counselor went out on her own, forming her own business. She

was shrewd and diligent, so clients kept coming in. Pretty soon she realized

she needed an in-house counsel, and so she began interviewing young lawyers.

"As I'm sure you can understand," she started off with one of the first

applicants, "in a business like this, our personal integrity must be beyond

question." She leaned forward.. "Mr. Peterson, are you an 'honest' lawyer?"

"Honest?" replied the job prospect. "Let me tell you something about honest.

Why, I'm so honest that my father lent me fifteen thousand dollars for my

education and I paid back every penny the minute I tried my very first

case."

"Impressive. And what sort of case was that?"

The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted, "He sued me for the money."