ACT ONE
Once upon a time in a big city with tall buildings downtown, the rich and powerful lived side-by-side with the poor and lowly. And injustice reigned.
The rich and powerful oppressed the poor and lowly.
The poor and lowly scammed the rich and powerful.
And a mighty cry for deliverance went out from the people, a prayer to God to save them from themselves.
God heard the cries of the people and had compassion. So God created a lawyer. The lawyer created a system of laws to govern the big city. He imposed that system of laws upon both the rich and powerful and upon the poor and lowly. And the injustice subsided.
And God saw that it was good.
But the rich and powerful soon saw a chance to use the system for their own ends. The lawyer needed money to live, so he agreed to sell his services to the highest bidder. The rich and powerful had money to pay, while the poor and lowly had none, so the rich and powerful hired the lawyer as their own.
Soon the rich and powerful again oppressed the poor and lowly, but this time under the weight of the law. So the poor and lowly cried out for deliverance from the rich and powerful and their lawyer. “There are too many people for one lawyer,” they cried. “Please give us more lawyers.”
God heard the cries of the poor and lowly, and had compassion. So God created three more lawyers.
And God saw that it was good.
Mike Farris
(214) 979-0100
mfarris@tiptonjoneslaw.com
