An investment counselor was interviewing young lawyers for an inhouse counsel position. She asked the first applicant, 'Mr. Peterson, are you an honest lawyer?'

'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.' The counselor asked, 'And what sort of case was that?' The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted, 'He sued me for the money.'