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Attorneys: Small World

 B. Ray Anderson is an attorney, who happens to be

one of my dad's first employers, and longtime mentor. 

We've worked on a few cases together.

Bill Heder is a local attorney who happens to work in

the same office space that HJS used to occupy.  He happened

to be at probate court hearings the same Friday as a case we had.

appurlessee

ap·pur·les·see  

noun

1.  A typo which demonstrates the specific mistake  that led to its occurrence.

I want to point out an emerging legal term: Appurlessee.   This term occurs when the drafter blindly uses a find and replace function to replace all instances of the term “tenant” with “lessee.”   The term “Appurtenant” is inadvertently converted into “Appurlessee.”   The funny part is, do a quick google search and you will see that “appurlessee”  is a new legal term appearing in several documents.

Associate Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant

Associate Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, speaking at the New Lawyer Ethics Program, held at the Utah Law & Justice Center, on October 20, 2011. His topic was professionalism, civility & practicing Law

F. McKay Johnson

Legally Enforceable Puns

I think its fun (=nerd) to look for typos in legal databases. What else are they really good for?

• "The husband's estate received a martial deduction." PA Bank & Trust Co. v. US. It must have been the estate of Chuck Norris.
  

• "unclear hands" City of Reno v. Nevada First Thrift. There is also a rule against translucent hands. . .
  

• "a patter of behavior" Chun v. NY. What, no pitter?

• "He clamed Banker called him on the night in question." State v. Martinez. There's something fishy about that.
  

• "probate of the decadents will" Lefkowitz v. Bank of New York. By coincidence, the word "taste" in Spanish can be translated as "probar."
  

• "He contests the members hip" Gibson v. Babbitt. The membership's connected to the knee bone.

• "by warranty dead." Jackson v. United States Postal Service. This is the opposite of a living will.

• "the fist element." Home Health Care Affil. V. North American Indem. Also look out for the second and turd elements.
  

• "the implied convent of good faith and fair dealing." Horn v. Provident Life & Acc. Ins. Co. Sounds impliedly religious.
  

• "he singed the document." US v. Melendez Santiago. And technically, singing a document (much like signing one) could be legally significant if intended as an identifying mark.
  

• "[the defendant] could not be liable to the Owners for beach of contract." HUD Cienega Gardens v. US. Otherwise, damages would be measured in star fish and cigarette butts.
  

• "The revised promissory not was never presented." DeClaire v. G & B MCINTOSH FAMILY LTD. This one can be read either as a typo on note, or as a really awesome double negative.
  

• "a communication with tis attorney waived his attorney-client privilege." US v. Jackson. Spell Check: tis a dangerous thing.
  

• "The maximum penalty here under the new federal statue would be a maximum of $786 million." In Re Valdez. Beware the pigeon poo.

• Fictitious payee checks are not to be deemed payable to bear unless the signer thereof is aware of the fraud. Edgington v. Security-First National Bank. I can haz commercial paper?

• "The state court authorized the receiver to mange the partnership." In re StatePark Building Group, Ltd. Gross, mange is a skin parasite.
  

• "Plaintiff is barred by the principles of red judicata." George v. McClure. Hey, let's replace all the latin with basic colors.

• "An Ohio law establishing an early fling deadline for independent candidates." Citizens for Legislative Choice v. Miller. Sounds scandalous.
  

• "The defendant is entitled to a trail by jury." Petersen v. Vallenzano. However, the trail need not be paved.
  

Estate Planning CLE

Here are some of the Presenters:
Randy M. Lish presented on a few topics. Plus he went to school with my boss.
Ariane H. Dansie also presented twice. And this is the second lawyer I've drawn from Durham Jones & Pinegar, since I also drew an adjunct professor from DJP.

John A. Snow presented on Ethics, and he has all the rules memorized. So I'm sure he'd appreciate this one.