Why does California have the most lawyers and New Jersey the most toxic- waste dumps?
A. Because New Jersey had first choice.
Gags like this get Michael Scanlon Jr. fighting mad. The American Bar Association's new $170,000-a-year image consultant has heard just about every snide lawyer joke making the rounds -- and he is not amused. "Some cross the line from humor into bashing," he says. "And when something does cross the line, we have a right to speak out." Indeed, the A.B.A. has started a campaign to improve the popular image, so to speak, of lawyers. It's not going to...
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