About Me

Just what the internet needs, another law blog (or blawg as they’re called), right? What can I offer that all the rest of them don’t? Hopefully some humor. Despite the often deserved reputation lawyers have as being humorless automatons, the law can be a pretty funny business to be in, especially criminal defense. It’s not the type of humor that makes you fall down laughing, but instead its the the kind that makes you shake your head in disbelief at what you’re seeing. There’s a lot of things I’ve seen that I couldn’t make up if I tried, and I’ve only been doing this for a couple years.

This isn’t a blawg to inform or offer advice on what to do if you do need an attorney. There are plenty good blawgs like that out there, and I’ve linked a lot of the ones I read. While there’s always room for another good blawg giving advice, I don’t want to be the one to write it. Instead, its a place to share what its like being a new lawyer and how surreal the profession can be. Its a funny job, you just have to sometimes look hard to find the humor.

As far as me, I’m currently in a Texan. I went to undergrad at a large state school and then law school at another large state school. After the bar, I got a job in a small town doing mostly criminal defense, with a little bit of civil work thrown in to pay the bills.Like so many people my age, The Simpsons were a big and probably unhealthy influence to me growing up. There’s a good chance that explains what’s wrong with my generation. Lionel Hutz, the sleazy attorney was always one of my favorite secondary characters on the show. The title of my blog comes from an exchange between Hutz and Judge Synder, from the Marge In Chains episode.

Hutz: And so, ladies and gentleman of the jury I rest my case.
Judge: Hmmm. Mr. Hutz, do you know that you’re not wearing any pants?
Hutz: DAAAA!! I move for a bad court thingy.
Judge: You mean a mistrial?
Hutz: Right!! That’s why you’re the judge and I’m the law-talking guy.
Judge: You mean the lawyer?
Hutz: Right.

For the record, I wanted to call my blog Law Talking Guy, but it was already taken.