An example of lawyer humor from the Manafort prosecutors

[Jersey Devil]

I was a trial lawyer for over 40 years and always enjoyed the strange sort of humor of trial lawyers. This, from this morning's Manafort trial:

"As the courtroom emptied and prosecutors carrying all of their materials waited for the elevators, reporters asked Mueller lawyer Uzo Asonye for an update and also whether he could say what was in his cardboard box.

“I could,” Asonye said as an FBI agent loomed to his side, “but I’d have to kill you.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/10/manafort-trial-day-9-judge-ts-ellis-772518

BTW, something is going on in the Manafort trial other than the trial itself and I guess we'll find out what it is when the trail resumes this afternoon after 1:30 p.m.

[Gothmog]

1. Lawyers in general and trial attorneys do have a sense of humor

[MineralMan]

4. I would have expected to hear, "A very expensive one."

[BaileyBill]

2. My lawyer told me that when someone asks what kind of lawyer he is,

he says, "An honest one." I'm still laughing.

[monmouth4]

7. Judge Ellis sounds bought and paid for to me..n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

3. FOX News: "Tonight On Hannity-Mueller Lawyer Threatens to Kill Fake News Reporters With FBI Present"

[BSdetect]

5. My sister woked at the Old Bailey and told many stories about the humor behind the scenes.

She also worked on making transcripts of interviews which were often hilarious.

She kept details to herself as she should but we got the gist.

[marylandblue]

6. A lawyer joke

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No..
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.