Defective Lawyers Abound

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The Insite Law Magazine picked up on a post yesterday,

Hat tip to Ed of Blawg Review for drawing my attention to… The American Bar Association has recalled 230,000 defective lawyers who pose a danger to the general public and the judicial system. This is the biggest recall since the 1986 outbreak of Mad Barrister Disease in the U.K.

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