An investment counsellor went out on her own. She was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon she realised she needed an in-house counsel, so she began interviewing young lawyers.<\/p>\n
“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?”<\/p>\n
“Honest?” replied the job prospect. “Let me tell you something about honesty. Why, I’m so honest that my father lent me fifteen thousand dollars for my education and I paid back every penny the minute I tried my very first case.”<\/p>\n
“Impressive… And what sort of case was that?”<\/p>\n
The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted, “He sued me for the money.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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