You’re the Road Runner lawyer, dodging ethical anvils with a well-timed “Beep Beep!” as you sprint toward the next filing deadline.
And who better to map this cartoon carnage onto your caseload than JPM’s Managing Director Nemanja Stepanovic—a non-lawyer who has spent over 20 years watching the legal drama unfold from the courtside seats. With an outsider’s eye and a cartoon lover’s heart, he connects the dots between clients chasing pyrrhic victories and lawyers running the ethical road.
Turns out, the classic rules of Coyote vs. Road Runner map perfectly onto the legal world. Swap the desert for a courtroom, ACME gadgets for legal subscriptions, and falling anvils for adverse rulings. Voilà—you’ve got the Nine Legal Looney Rules, where clients inevitably sabotage themselves and lawyers ethically beep-beep their way through the mess.
From the Persistence Paradox (clients who won’t quit, even when they should) to ACME Legal Tools (stick to the precedents, no black-market subpoenas!), this piece—written from two decades of observing lawyers, clients, courtrooms, and coffee-fuelled all-nighters—hilariously breaks down why practicing law often feels like a cartoon chase scene. The only real winner? Gravity (aka professional humiliation).
So if you’ve ever drafted a motion that felt 95% genius and 100% destined to blow up in your face, this one’s for you. The chase is absurd, the outcomes are meme-worthy, and yes—the lawyer never causes the crash. Beep beep, see you in court.
