A group of dinner guests were blaming all of America’s troubles on lawyers when a woman said,

“They aren’t all so bad. Why, last year a lawyer gave me $1000.”

“I don’t believe it,” the host responded.“It’s true, I swear it,” said the woman.

“I had a complicated personal injury case and what with the lawyer’s fee, the cost of expert witnesses, the expense of the appeal and so on, my bill was $41,000.

When the judgment only amounted to $40,000, my lawyer simply forgave the difference.”