
An attorney was sitting in his office late one night, whenthe Devil appeared before him. The Devil told the lawyer,I have a proposition for you. You can win every case youtry, for the rest of your life. Your clients will adore you,your colleagues will stand in awe of you, and you will makeembarrassing sums of money. All I want in exchange is yoursoul, your wife's soul, your children's souls, the souls ofyour parents, grandparents, and parents-in-law, and thesouls of all of your friends and law partners.
The lawyer thought about this for a moment, then asked,So, what's the catch?