An Honest Lawyer

An independent woman started her own business. She was shrewd and diligent, so business 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 dad 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?

He squirmed in his seat and admitted:

- My dad sued me for the money.