165 Best Lawyer Jokes No One Will Object To

Last Updated on January 31, 2024 by Michele Tripple

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No, this post is not a joke! We have rounded up the best lawyer jokes for you to enjoy! Don’t worry; no one will object to these because they will make everyone laugh hysterically. 

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Jokes are great for when you want to tickle the funny bone of your friends and family. No one objects to the telling of a good joke, and this list of lawyer jokes will not disappoint!

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Lawyer Jokes

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  • My wife accused me of being a terrible lawyer. I couldn’t defend myself.
  • Lawyer: “Now that you have been acquitted, will you tell me truly: Did you steal the car?” Client: “After hearing your amazing argument in court this morning. I’m beginning to think I didn’t.”
  • The trouble with the legal profession is that… 98% of its members give the rest a bad name.
  • How can you tell if a lawyer is lying? Other lawyers look interested.
  • Why are there no Irish lawyers? They can’t pass the bar.
  • What’s the difference between a cat and a lawyer? One is an arrogant creature who will ignore you and treat you with contempt unless it can get something out of you. The other is a household pet.
  • Lawyer, speaking to a dog on trial for murder: “Who’s a good boy? ” Dog: “I am.” Lawyer: “Your honor, I rest my case.”
  • A man asks his Solicitor: “If I give you £400, will you answer two questions for me?” The solicitor replies: “Absolutely! What’s the second question?”
  • How many lawyers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they’d rather keep their clients in the dark.
  • A man walked into the local Chamber of Commerce of a small town, obviously desperate. Seeing a man at the counter, the stranger asks, “Is there a criminal attorney in town?” To which the man behind the counter immediately quipped, “Yeah, but we can’t prove it yet!”
  • What’s the difference between a lawyer and a herd of buffalo? The lawyer charges more.
  • When an attorney gets married, they don’t say, “I do.” They say, “I accept the terms and conditions.”
  • Why won’t sharks attack lawyers? Professional courtesy.
  • If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, how many orchards does it take to keep a lawyer away?
  • Do you know how copper wire was invented? Two lawyers were fighting over a penny.
  • What do honest lawyers and UFOs have in common? You always hear about them, but you never see them.
  • What do you get when you cross a librarian with a lawyer? All the information you need, but you can’t understand a word of it.
  • Me, as a lawyer: “BUT, your honor, I Googled it twice.”
  • Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, an honest lawyer, and an old drunk were walking along when they simultaneously spotted a hundred-dollar bill laying in the street. Who gets it? The old drunk, of course — the other three are mythological creatures.
  • How do you get a group of personal injury lawyers to smile for a picture? Just say, “Fees!”
  • What do you call a lawyer who doesn’t chase ambulances? Retired.
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  • What’s black and brown and looks good on a lawyer? A Doberman Pinscher.
  • There are two kinds of lawyers, those who know the law and those who know the judge.
  • The golden retriever didn’t make any money at his first law firm. He only worked on pro-bone-o cases.
  • A woman and her little girl were visiting the grave of the little girl’s grandmother. On their way through the cemetery back to the car, the little girl asked, “Mommy, do they ever bury two people in the same grave?” “Of course not, dear,” replied the mother, “Why would you think that?” “The tombstone back there said. ‘Here lies a lawyer and an honest man.'”
  • What happened to the banker who went to law school? Now she’s a loan shark.
  • What do lawyers and bullfrogs have in common? Both have a big head that consists mainly of mouth.
  • Why don’t lawyers play hide-and-seek? Nobody will look for them.
  • What do you get when you cross the Godfather with a lawyer? An offer you can’t understand.
  • Having just moved to a new home, a young boy meets the boy next door. “Hi, my name is Billy,” he says. “What’s yours?” “Tommy,” replied the other. “My daddy’s an accountant,” says Billy. “What does your daddy do?” “He’s a lawyer,” Tommy answers. “Honest?” asks Billy. “No, just the regular kind.”
  • Did you hear about the man who sued an airline company after it mislaid his luggage? Sadly, he lost his case.
  • A surgeon, an architect and a lawyer are having a heated pub discussion about which of their professions is actually the oldest. The surgeon says: “Surgery is the oldest profession. God took a rib from Adam to create Eve and you can’t go back further than that.” The architect says: “Hold on! In fact, God was the first architect when he created the world out of chaos in 7 days, and you can’t go back any further than THAT!” The lawyer smiles and says: “Gentlemen, gentlemen, who do you think created the CHAOS??!!”
  • “Lawyers occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” – Winston Churchill
  • When lawyers die, why are they buried in a hole 24 feet deep? Because deep down, they are all nice guys.
  • Abraham Lincoln never had to call for a lawyer because he was already in a cent.
  • The lawyer had to move his cow because it got a mooing violation.
  • My friend, a lawyer, stole my tuxedo after my wedding. I’m filing a lawsuit against him tomorrow morning.
  • A photograph hurriedly rushed into his attorney’s office and screamed, “I think someone is framing me!”.
  • My father was a lawyer for 25 years before he went to culinary school. Now, he’s a sue chef.
  • Alligators make good lawyers because they are efficient a-litigators.
  • Why did the elephant lawyer lose his case? Because his argument was irrele-phant.
  • What did the lawyer do to get convicted of first-degree murder? Start his free trial.
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  • What do barristers always keep with themselves to smell good? A judge-mint.
  • Why did the law student go to court wearing a shirt with no sleeves? Because he had the right to bare arms.
  • What do law students need to make any event a success? At least two parties.
  • Why didn’t the shabby law student pass his final exams? He didn’t make a good appearance.
  • How did the young law student end up scoring the best grades in her class? She closely studied her flaws.
  • A lawyer was holding his briefcase whilst cross-examining the witness, eventually, he rested his case.
  • A lawyer dies and goes to Heaven. “There must be some mistake,” the lawyer argues. “I’m too young to die. I’m only 55.” “Fifty-five?” says Saint Peter. “No, according to out calculations, you’re 82.” “How’d you get that?” the lawyer asks.
  • Answers St. Peter, “We added up your timesheets.”
  • One day in Contract Law class, the professor asked one of his better students, “Now if you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about it?” The student replied, “Here’s an orange.” The professor was livid. “No! No! Think like a lawyer!” The student then recited, “Okay, I’d tell him, ‘I hereby give and convey to you all and singular, my estate and interests, rights, claim, title, claim and advantages of and in, said orange, together with all its rind, juice, pulp, and seeds, and all rights and advantages with full power to bite, cut, freeze and otherwise eat, the same, or give the same away with and without the pulp, juice, rind, and seeds, anything hereinbefore or hereinafter or in any deed, or deeds, instruments of whatever nature or kind whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.”
  • What did the lawyer name his daughter? “Sue!”
  • The attorney tells the accused, “I have some good news and some bad news.” “What’s the bad news?” asks the accused. “The bad news is, your blood is all over the crime scene, and the DNA tests prove you did it.” “What’s the good news?” “Your cholesterol is 130.”
  • A defendant who had pleaded guilty saw the jury that had been empaneled, and he announced that he was changing his plea to guilty. When the judge asked why, the defendant pointed to the eight women and four men in the jury box.
  • “When I pleaded ‘not guilty,’ I didn’t know women would be on the jury. Judge, I can’t fool even one woman, so I know I can’t fool eight of them.”
  • Arguing with a lawyer is like wrestling with a pig in mud — sooner or later, you realize they like it.
  • A man was sent to hell for his sins. As he was being taken to his place of eternal torment, he passed a room where a lawyer was having sex with a beautiful woman.“What a rip-off,” the man muttered. “I have to roast for all eternity, and that lawyer spends it with that gorgeous woman.” Jabbing the man with his pitchfork, the escorting demon snarled, “Who are you to question that woman’s punishment?”
  • Two lawyers were walking along negotiating a case. “Look,” said one, “Let’s be honest with each other.” “Okay, you first,” replied the other. That was the end of the discussion. Prosecutor: “What were you doing on July 15 at 9 o’clo ck in the evening?” Prisoner: “I was eating a hamburger.” Prosecutor: “What were you doing at 9:30 p.m.?” Prisoner: I was taking bicarbonate of soda. Prosecutor: “Do you expect us to believe you?” Prisoner: “You would if you had eaten one of those hamburgers.”
  • What’s the difference between an attorney and a pit bull? Jewelry.
  • What do you call a priest that becomes a lawyer? A father in law.
  • What’s the difference between a lawyer and a boxing referee? A boxing referee doesn’t get paid more for a longer fight.
  • Why is it so common for attorneys to be lost in thought? Unfamiliar territory.
  • Why won’t sharks attack lawyers? Not enough sand.
  • Why is it that many lawyers have broken noses? From chasing parked ambulances.
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  • What’s the difference between a lawyer and a vampire? A vampire only sucks blood at night.
  • What do lawyers do after dates? They lie still.
  • I showed the damaged remains of my luggage to my lawyer and said, “I want to sue the airline.” “You don’t have much of a case,” he replied.
  • During a party, a doctor is telling a lawyer that he is sick of his friends asking him for free medical advice. The lawyer says, “Just do what I do, and leave a bill in their mailbox.” The doctor decides he’ll give that a try and thanks his lawyer friend. When the doctor gets home, he has a bill in his mailbox from the lawyer.
  • A group of dinner guests was 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 $1,000.”
  • “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.”
  • Lawyer: “May I approach the bench?” Judge: “You may.” Lawyer: walks up and whispers “The other guy is being, like, super mean right now.”
  • How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
  • Fifty-four. Eight to argue, one to get a continuance, one to object one to demur, two to research precedents, one to dictate a letter, one to stipulate, five to turn in their time cards, one to depose, one to write interrogatories, two to settle, one to order a secretary to change the bulb, and twenty-eight to bill for professional services.
  • Did you hear about the new sushi bar that caters exclusively to lawyers? It’s called Sosumi.
  • What is the difference between a catfish and a lawyer? One is a bottom-dwelling, garbage-eating scavenger. The other is a fish.
  • What do you call 400 lawyers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? A great place to start.
  • What’s the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a lawyer riding a motorcycle? The vacuum cleaner has a dirt bag on the inside.
  • Don’t judge a law book by its cover up.
  • A lawyer went to his local restaurant to wind down after a complicated trial.
  • “What would you like with your orange juice?”, the waiter asked. “Just ice”, he replied.
  • My friend had to call his lawyer because his neighbor’s hair was littered all over his property. Turns out, his neighbor got booked for trespassing.
  • A lawyer was apprehended outside of his house for not staying in bed, as mandated by the high court. “Stop, you’re under a-rest”, exclaimed the policeman.
  • When chickens graduate from law school they become legal tenders.
  • The lawyer won the luggage lawsuit in less than 6 hours. It turned out to be a brief case.
  • A lawyer got summoned to court for drying his clothes on the edge of a cliff. The judge warned him and gave him a suspended sentence.
  • My lawyer went to a rock concert last night and injured his eardrum. He called me this morning to tell me that he couldn’t attend today’s hearing.
  • The bulb was relieved when his lawyer told him that he’d only been charged with a light sentence.
  • The barrister was late to work because he couldn’t find his lawsuit.
  • Why are lawyers always so charming? Because they have their own appeal.
  • Why did the lawyer have so much trouble fighting Santa’s case? He came with a clause.
  • What did the divorce law student want to name his firm? Null and void.
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  • Why was the law student not allowed to sleep on the bench? He was served a bench warrant.
  • Why did the law student not come back to court after paying his fees? He didn’t have a personal bond.
  • Why did the airline win the case against the law student? He forgot his arguments in the brief.
  • Why is it illegal for lawyers to sleep with their clients? It prevents people being charged twice for essentially the same service.
  • Why did God make rats before making lawyers? He needed the practice.
  • Early one winter’s morn a lawyer walks out to his front lawn and experiences the dew process.
  • Did you hear about the lawyer who sued the funeral company over the coffin?
  • It was an open and shut case.
  • As the lawyer awoke from surgery, he asked, “Why are all the blinds drawn?”
  • The nurse answered, “There’s a fire across the street, and we didn’t want you to think you had died.”
  • At a convention of biological scientists, one researcher remarks to another, “Did you know that in our lab we have switched from mice to lawyers for our experiments?” “Really?” the other replied, “Why did you switch?” “Well, for three reasons. First, we found that lawyers are far more plentiful, second, the lab assistants don’t get so attached to them, and thirdly there are some things even a rat won’t do.”
  • The lawyer’s son wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps, so he went to law school and graduated with honors. Then he went home to join his father’s firm. At the end of his first day at work, he rushed into his father’s office and said, “Father, father! In one day I broke the Smith case that you’ve been working on for so long!”
  • His father yelled, “You idiot! We’ve been living on the funding of that case for ten years!”
  • How many lawyer jokes are in existence? Only three. All the rest are true stories.
  • A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense: “My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by his limb.” “Well put,” the judge replied. “Using your logic, I sentence the defendant’s arm to one year’s imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he chooses.” The defendant smiled. With his lawyer’s assistance, he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out.
  • A millionaire informs his attorney, “I want a stipulation in my Will that my wife is to inherit everything, but only if she remarries within six months of my death.” “Why such an odd stipulation?” asked the attorney. “Because I want someone to be sorry I died!” came the reply.
  • “You seem to be in some distress,” said the kindly judge to the witness. “Is anything the matter?” “Well, your Honor,” said the witness, “I swore to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but every time I try, some lawyer objects.”
  • A man in an interrogation room says, “I’m not saying a word without my lawyer present.” “You are the lawyer,” says the policeman. “Exactly, so where’s my present?” replies the lawyer.
  • Mr. Dewey was briefing his client, who was about to testify in his own defense. “You must swear to tell the complete truth. Do you understand?” The client replied that he did. The lawyer then asked, “Do you know what will happen if you don’t tell the truth?” The client looked back and said, “I imagine that our side will win.”
  • Did you hear about the new microwave lawyer? You spend eight minutes in his office and get billed as if you’d been there eight hours.
  • A man sat down at a bar, looked into his shirt pocket, and ordered a double scotch. A few minutes later, the man again peeked into his pocket and ordered another double. This routine was followed for some time, until after looking into his pocket, he told the bartender that he’s had enough. The bartender said, “I’ve got to ask you — what’s with the pocket business?” The man replied, “I have my lawyer’s pictures in there. When he starts to look honest, I’ve had enough.”
  • Why did the lawyer’s chicken cross the road? He had an easement.
  • What do you get if you put 100 lawyers in your basement? A whine cellar.
  • Mrs. Applebee, the 6th-grade teacher, posed the following problem to one of her classes: “A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest of the charity. Now, what does each get?” After a very long silence in the classroom, Little Johnny raised his hand. The teacher called on Little Johnny for his answer. With complete sincerity in his voice, Little Johnny answered, “A lawyer!”
  • Have you heard about the lawyers’ word processors? No matter what font you select, everything comes out in fine print.
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An elderly patient needed a heart transplant and discussed his options with his doctor. The doctor said, “We have 3 possible donors; the 1st is a young, healthy athlete who died in an automobile accident, the 2nd is a middle-aged businessman who never drank or smoked and who died flying his private jet. The 3rd is an attorney who died after practicing law for 30 years. Which do you want?”

“I’ll take the lawyer’s heart,” said the patient. After a successful transplant, the doctor asked the patient why he had chosen the donor he did.
“It was easy,” said the patient, “I wanted a heart that hadn’t been used.”

What’s the difference between a tick and a lawyer?
A: The tick falls off when you are dead.

A young lawyer, defending a businessman in a lawsuit, feared he was losing the case and asked his senior partner if he should send a box of cigars to the judge to curry favor. The senior partner was horrified. “A judge is an honorable man,” he said, “If you do that, I guarantee you’ll lose the case!”

Eventually, the judge ruled in the young lawyer’s favor. “Aren’t you glad you didn’t send those cigars?” the senior partner asked.
“Oh, I did send them,” the younger lawyer replied. “I just enclosed my opponent’s business card with them.”

A gang of robbers broke into a lawyer’s club by mistake. The old legal lions gave them a fight for their life and their money. The gang was very happy to escape.

“It ain’t so bad,” one crook noted. “We got £25 between us.”
The boss screamed: “I warned you to stay clear of lawyers, we had £100 when we broke in!”

A lawyer passed on and found himself in heaven, but not at all happy with his accommodation. He complained to St. Peter, who told him that his only option was to appeal. The lawyer immediately said that he intended to appeal, but was then told he would be waiting at least three years before his appeal could be heard. The lawyer protested that a three-year wait was ridiculous, but his words fell on deaf ears.

The lawyer was then approached by the devil, who told him that he would be able to arrange an appeal to be heard in a few days if the lawyer was willing to change the venue to Hell.
When the lawyer asked why appeals could be heard so much sooner in Hell, he was told, “We have all of the judges.”

  • A lawyer was sitting in his office late one night when Satan appeared before him. The Devil told the lawyer, “I have a proposition for you. You can win every case you try, for the rest of your life. Your clients will adore you, your colleagues will stand in awe of you, and you will make embarrassing sums of money. All I want in exchange is your soul, your wife’s soul, your children’s souls, the souls of your parents, grandparents, and parents-in-law, and the souls of all your friends and law partners.” The lawyer thought about this for a moment, then asked, “So, what’s the catch?”
  • How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? Their lips move.
  • How do you get a lawyer out of a tree? Cut the rope.
  • How do you stop a lawyer from drowning? Take your foot off his head.
  • My wife’s parents ran away from the cops after having a hefty argument. They’re now my out-laws.
  • A lawyer got her last name changed to Demenor, so now everyone in the law office calls her Miss Demenor.
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  • How did the lawyer help his friend settle the stolen coffee case? He was a barista.
  • How did the lawyer know that the knight wasn’t the culprit? He had an iron-clad alibi!
  • What do poets always keep in their car to avoid paying legal fees to a lawyer? A poetic license.
  • Why wasn’t the convicted law student able to go back to his apartment? Because he didn’t get re-leased.
  • Why did the law student not win his case? He had no conviction.
  • What is the difference between speed humps and lawyers? People slow down in their car when approaching speed humps.
  • The lawyer was having difficulty reading the small print on some legal docs, so his doctor prescribed some contract lenses.
  • Someone mistakenly left the cages open in the Reptile House at the zoo, and there were snakes slithering all over the place. Frantically, the keeper tried everything but couldn’t get the slippery animals back into their cages. Finally, he yelled, “Quick, call a lawyer!” “A lawyer? Why?” “We need someone who speaks their language.”
  • A man walked into a bar with his alligator and asked the bartender, “Do you serve lawyers here?” “Sure do,” replied the bartender. “Good,” said the man. “Give me a beer, and I’ll have a lawyer for my gator.”
  • Two lawyers are in a bank when, suddenly, two armed robbers burst in. While one of the robbers takes the money from the tellers, the other lines the customers, including the lawyers, up against a wall and proceeds to take their wallets, watches and other valuables. The first lawyer shoves something into the other one’s hand. “What is this?” the latter asks without looking. “It’s that $100 I owe you.”
  • A doctor vacationing on the Riviera met an old lawyer friend and asked him what he was doing there. The lawyer replied, “Remember that lousy real estate I bought? Well, it caught fire, so here I am with the fire insurance proceeds. What are you doing here?” The doctor replied, “Remember that lousy real estate I had in Mississippi? Well, the river overflowed, and here I am with the flood insurance proceeds.” The lawyer looked puzzled. “Gee,” he asked, “how did you start the flood?”
  • A personal injury lawyer was on vacation in a small rural town. While walking through the streets, he spotted a car that had just been involved in an accident. As expected, a large crowd gathered. Going by instinct, the attorney was eager to get to the injured, but he couldn’t get near the car. Being very clever, he started shouting loudly, “Let me through! Let me through! I am the son of the victim.” The crowd made way for him. Lying in front of the car was a donkey.
  • A lawyer was so large that, when he died, the undertaker couldn’t find a coffin big enough to hold the body. So, the undertaker gave him an enema and buried him in a shoebox.
  • The New York Times, among other papers, recently published a new Hubble Space Telescope photograph of distant galaxies colliding. Of course, astronomers have had pictures of colliding galaxies for quite some time now, but with the vastly improved resolution provided by the Hubble, you can actually see the lawyers rushing to the scene.
  • An investment banker decides she needs in-house counsel, so she interviews a young lawyer. “Mr. Peterson,” she says, “Would you say you’re honest?” “Honest?” replies Peterson. “Let me tell you something about honesty. My father lent me $85,000 for my education, and I paid back every penny the minute I tried my first case.” “Impressive. And what sort of case was that?” “Dad sued me for the money.”
  • Carlson was charged with stealing a Mercedes Benz and, after a long trial, the jury acquitted him. Later that day, Carlson came back to the judge who had presided at the hearing. “Your honor,” he said, “I wanna get out a warrant for that dirty lawyer of mine.” “Why?” asked the judge. “He won your acquittal. What do you want him arrested for?” “Well, your honor,” replied Carlson, “I didn’t have the money to pay his fee, so he went and took the care I stole.”
  • A lawyer, who was talking to his son about entering college, said, “What go into your head that you want to be a doctor instead of lawyer?” “Well, Dad,” answered the son, “Did you ever hear anybody get up in a crowd and shout frantically, ‘Is there a lawyer in the house?’”
  • What’s the difference between a porcupine and two lawyers in a Porsche? With a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside.
  • An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed the cabin crew to have the passengers take their seats and get prepared for an emergency landing. A few minutes later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was buckled in and ready. “All set back here, Captain,” came the reply. “Except for one lawyer who is still going around passing out business cards.”
  • A doctor and a lawyer in two cars collided on a country road. The lawyer, seeing that the doctor was a little shaken up, helped him from the car and offered him a drink from his hip flask. The doctor accepted and handed the flask back to the lawyer, who closed it and put it away. “Aren’t you going to have a drink yourself?” asked the doctor. “Sure, after the police leave,” replied the lawyer.
  • Lawyer: “My client is trapped inside a penny.” Judge: “What?” Lawyer: “He’s in a cent.” Judge: “You’re going to jail with him.”
  • How can a pregnant woman tell that she’s carrying a future lawyer? She has an uncontrollable craving for bologna.
  • In a court… Lawyer: “Did u kill him?” Me: “No.” Lawyer: “You know what the punishment is for committing perjury?” Me: lips on the mic “Much less than murder.”
  • Lawyer: whispers I did the murder. loudly Read that back? Stenographer: “I did the murder.” Judge: “Omg the stenographer just confessed.”
  • What’s the difference between a vulture and a lawyer? The vulture doesn’t get frequent flyer miles!
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  • A lawyer, a used car salesman, and a banker were gathered by a coffin containing the body of an old friend. In his grief, one of the three said, “In my family, we have a custom of giving the dead some money, so they’ll have something to spend over there.” They all agreed that this was appropriate. The banker dropped a hundred-dollar bill into the casket, and the car salesman did the same. The lawyer took out the bills and wrote a check for $300.
  • A man was sent to Hell for his sins. As he was being taken to his place of eternal torment, he passed a room where a lawyer was having an intimate conversation with a beautiful woman. “What a rip-off,” the man muttered. “I have to roast for all eternity, and that lawyer spends it with that gorgeous woman.” Jabbing the man with his pitchfork, the escorting demon snarled, “Who are you to question that woman’s punishment?”
  • An elderly man, 82, was told by his doctors that he didn’t have long to live. So he summons the three most important people in his life, his Doctor, his Priest, and his Lawyer, and says: “Well, today I found out I don’t have long to live. So I asked you three here because you’re the most important people in my life. And I need to ask a favor. Today I am going to give each of you an envelope with $50,000 in it. When I die, I would ask that all three of you throw the money in my grave.” Well a few days later the man passed on, and the doctor said, “I have to admit I kept $10,000 of his money, he owed me lots of private medical bills. But I threw the other $40,000 in.” The Priest said, “I have to admit also I kept $25,000 for the church. It’s all going to a good cause. And I threw the rest in.” The Lawyer just couldn’t believe what he was hearing, “I am surprised at you two. I wrote a cheque for the whole amount and threw it in.”
  • What’s the difference between a good lawyer and a bad lawyer? A bad lawyer can let a case drag out for several years. A good lawyer can make it last even longer.
  • Rodney sat in his attorney’s office. “Do you want the bad news first or the terrible news?” the attorney asked.
  • “Give me the bad news first,” said Rodney. “Your wife found a picture worth a half-million dollars,” said the attorney. “That’s the bad news?” asked Rodney incredulously. “I can’t wait to hear the terrible news.” “It’s of you and your mistress,” replied the attorney.
  • The jellyfish asked his father, an attorney, “Dad, why did that clownfish go to prison?”. “Because he was gill-ty”, his father replied.
  • What do most lawyers wear to work? Lawsuits.
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Fill in the form above. You will receive an email in your inbox. If you don’t see it, check your spam folder! You will then click to confirm your subscription. Once confirmed, you will be emailed your joke cards.

How Do I Print A PDF?

You’ll need a program that supports PDFs. Adobe Acrobat is a great option. Open the program, click file then print. Select your printer and the number of copies you want to print. Be sure you click double-sided if you want it to print on both sides. 

Can I Resell These?

You may not resell any printable that you find on our website or in our resource library. You may use them for class parties, at church, at home, or in the classroom. You may get these printed at an office supply store or copy center at your own expense.

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