Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From Bill Boyd of McKinney (Boyd & Veigel), this excerpt from a deposition he took.

Q. Now, how many members of Lisa's family ... are there that are alive and around and that show up from time to time at family reunions or events?

A. Lots of them.

Q. Give me an approximate estimate.

A. Thousands.

Q. Okay. And where are they based at the present time, if they're based anywhere?

A. Some of them's based in Baton Rouge. Just all over. Oklahoma, Texas. They're based all over. A lot of them's good people, you know. Some of them's you know, got out of the old ways and doing stuff like businesses now today.

Q. So some of them are at least trying to be legit?

A. Some of them are real legit. Some of them are lawyers.

(Laughter)

Mr. Boyd (wisely): No further questions ...

Full post as published by Say What! on June 15, 2009 (boomark / email).