Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 4 – WAR CPA!
Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: WAR CPA!
The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!
Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 3 – Beach Habits
Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: Beach Habits
The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!
Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 2 – COUNTRY FRIED!
Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: COUNTRY FRIED!
The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!
Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 1- HOT DOG!
Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: HOTDOG!
The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!
Our Animator Animated a Confusing Message Left By GEICO and the Result is Hilarious
Our animator got a hold of a confusing voicemail message left by a GEICO insurance adjuster and the result was pretty hilarious…
Bad Lawyer Billboards: Faking Vandalism for Publicity?
We previously brought you the WORST billboards in two volumes (1 and 2). We have a few new ones to possibly add.
I became aware of this when I saw this news story: http://wjtv.com/2015/09/04/law-office-billboard-vandalized-but-the-company-says-they-love-it/. I was skeptical, but seeing the Mississippi State University themed billboard ahead of football season intrigued me, as did the audacity of someone vandalizing not just the billboard of a lawyer, but a strident Florida Gator fan named John Morgan.
Politics and Mudslinging: Judges Gone Wild!!!
It is easy to tell when an election is coming up. Everywhere you look, on television, the internet, radio, in newspapers, there are adults acting in ways that they would punish their own children for. Name calling, bullying, lying and the such. This behavior is exemplified every election, election after election. It is easy to overlook the attacks, as we have become immune to the questionable political antics being shoved in our faces. These campaign strategies do not really bother me. When they do bother me, it is when they are being used by judges to gain an edge against other judges. Judges hold such an important and powerful position, they must be held to a higher standard.
Why You Won’t See US Politicians and Heads of State Get All Wet with ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
The State Department’s lawyers, the Committee on House Administration and the Defense Department’s Office of General Counsel Standards of Conduct Office and other government legal departments have banned U.S. Ambassadors, high-profile workers stationed overseas, current service members, DOD employees, members of Congress and the President from participating in the ALS’ ice bucket challenge. According to the fuddy duddy attorneys, the ice bucket challenge “runs afoul of federal ethics rules barring officials from using public office for private gain no matter how worthy the cause.” Read more 
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – the NON-HUMAN videos
We’ve compiled the BEST and the WORST, so here is the REST- the non-human entrants in the #ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, including Kermit the Frog, R2D2 and a few mascots. See R2-D2, Kermit , professional sports mascots and more below: Read more
New Trend in Legal Advertising: “Not” Celebrity Endorsements
Under Florida Bar Rule 4-7.15, Unduly Manipulative or Intrusive Advertisements, the Florida Bar prevents an advertisement which “contains the voice or image of a celebrity, except that a lawyer may use the voice or image of a local announcer, disc jockey or radio personality who regularly records advertisements so long as the person recording the announcement does not endorse or offer a testimonial on behalf of the advertising lawyer or law firm.” Read more
Eastbound & Browns: Is Johnny Manziel Becoming Kenny Powers?
Every week I become more convinced that Johnny Manziel is the closest thing professional sports will ever have to a real-life Kenny Powers (exception: John Rocker). Manziel’s middle-finger waving episode on Monday night was just one more event in what is now a long list of Kenny Power-like moves. The two have several similarities.
Kenny Powers is a character from the HBO comedy series, Eastbound & Down. Johnny Manziel is a character from the NFL comedy series the Cleveland Browns. Kenny Powers likes to party. Manziel likes to party. Kenny Powers does not care what anyone thinks about his partying and decision making. Manziel doesn’t care what anyone thinks about his partying and decision making. Kenny Powers gives the finger during games. Manziel gives the finger during games. Johnny Manziel drinks champagne on inflatable swans and talks to stacks of cash as if they were a telephone. Kenny Powers would love nothing more than to drink champagne on a swan and pretend that stacks of cash are cell phones. If Powers and Manziel were to ever meet, they would be best friends. Read more
Best of The Weekend in Videos: Start Monday Off Right
Because it is Monday morning, and everyone needs a little pick-me-up to start their week off right, I have put together a few of my favorite videos from the weekend. Check them out below. Have a great week!
Top 35 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Videos
The Ice Bucket Challenge is all the rage. The “challenge” is simple. Once challenged, you donate $100 or douse yourself with iced water, record it and pass the challenge on to others via social media. It all started with Pete Frates, a former baseball player at Boston College who has been living with ALS since 2012. He floated the idea and his former teammates, as well as other Boston-area athletes, who took him up on it. It was noticed and covered by local media and that attention, along with social media’s viral nature, launched it onto a much larger stage. Read more
Rory McIlroy Makes Awesome Save at the End of the PGA Championship – the Trophy
On August 10, 2014, Rory McIlroy made history and then he saved it. After claiming his fourth major, he had to step into catch the handing off the PGA Championship’s Wanamaker Trophy in the dark at Valhalla, as Ted Bishop of the PGA Tour fumbled it handing it to Rory. The top flew off and then the whole trophy looked unstable. See the video below. Read more
Weird Laws
As always, the Law Office of John M. Phillips’ facebook page was posting “strange laws.” Here are a few of this week’s best:
- It is illegal to put ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
- In Tennessee, it is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
- In Oklahoma, people who make “ugly faces” at dogs may be fined and/or jailed. Read more
