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     I'm not sure it's the best of all time, but it's a good one.
 
 
     The  "Best Lawyer Story of All Time"...
   
     The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the
     city's most successful lawyer. So a United Way! volunteer paid the
     lawyer a visit in his lavish office.
   
     The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows that
     even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a
     penny to charity.  Wouldn't you like to give something back to your
     community through the United Way ?"
   
     The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, "First, did your research also
    show you that my mother is dying after a long, p gainful illness and she has
     huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?
   
     Embarrassed, the United Way Rep mumbles, "Uh... no, I didn't know that."
   
     "Secondly," says the lawyer, "my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind
     and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six
     children."

     The stricken United Way Rep begins to stammer an apology.....
   
     "Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died
     in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three
     children, one of whom is disabled and another that has learning
     disabilities  requiring a huge array of private tutors?"
   
     The humiliated United Way Rep, completely beaten, says, "I'm so sorry,
     I  had no idea."

     And the lawyer says, "So...if I didn't give any money to them, what
     makes you think I'd give any to you?"