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April 24, 2007
Searching for Quote
I am racking my brain trying to remember/find a quote that I remember from a law school textbook. Perhaps you can help.
It is a poem or other witticism that essentially says that a counselor's best clients are those that fail to plan or forego paying for sound advice. This poem has a general conclusion that clients pay their attorneys much more when they are not counseled ahead of time.
If you have any idea about the source of this quote, please let me know and I'll pass along the information.
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The Jolly Testator Who Makes His Own Will
-Lord Neaves, Judge and Solicitor General – Edinburgh, Scotland
circa 1852
Ye lawyers who live upon litigants’ fees,
And who need a good many to live at your ease,
Grave or gay, wise or witty, whate’er your degree,
Plain stuff or Queen’s Counsel, take counsel of me:
When a festive occasion your spirit unbends,
You should never forget the profession’s best friends;
So we’ll send round the wine, and a light bumper fill
To the jolly testator who makes his own will.
He premises his wish and his purpose to save
All dispute among friends when he’s laid in the grave;
Then he straightaway proceeds more disputes to create
Than a long summer’s day would give time to relate.
He writes and erases, he blunders and blots,
He produces such puzzles and Gordian knots,
That a lawyer, intending to frame the thing ill,
Couldn’t match the testator who makes his own will.
Posted by: Doug Surtees | Apr 25, 2007 1:36:50 PM
