History Main / ArmyOfLawyers

* The law firm of Wolfram & Hart from ''Series/{{Angel}}''. On a few occasions, Angel couldn't finger a criminal for murder because, as a vampire with no surname or social security number, he couldn't actually testify to it in a court of law.

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* The law firm of Wolfram & Hart from ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

Sometimes that Army can actually be seen in a show, and when they are, they are invariably marching in ranks behind the character, in step and double-file (and often with an added parodic effect of marching jackboots). Occasionally it will be a team of [[YesMan Yes Men]] or [[MiddleManagementMook Middle Management Mook]]s rather than lawyers, but with the same effect: [[GunboatDiplomacy a martial show of force]] in a corporate or legal setting. Sometimes the Army will be acting on behalf of an unseen (usually evil) client, all members of the Army working toward one ominous goal.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. These are {{mooks}} in suits, used for intimidation. When a character in a story feels he's been wronged (or feels he can get the upper hand), especially if said character is rich, he'll often threaten to call upon his ArmyOfLawyers. (Sometimes, "my legal team", same diff. In other words, lawyer overkill.) Sometimes that Army can actually be seen in a show, and when they are, they are invariably marching in ranks behind the character, in step and double-file (and often with an added foley effect of marching jackboots). Occasionally it will be a team of [[YesMan Yes Men]] or [[MiddleManagementMook Middle Management Mook]]s rather than lawyers, but with the same effect: [[GunboatDiplomacy a martial show of force]] in a corporate or legal setting. Sometimes the Army will be acting on behalf of an unseen (usually evil) client, all members of the Army working toward one ominous goal.

* Actual lawyers find this phenomenon very amusing, especially when you can be relatively sure that 3 of the 6 lawyers on one side of the bar are totally superfluous. They're only there to impress their own clients (and soak some more cash) and intimidate the other side's clients.

* Actual lawyers find this phenomenon very amusing, especially when you can be relatively sure that 3 of the 6 lawyers on one side of the bar are totally superfluous. They're only there to impress their own clients (and soak some more cash) and intimidate the other side's clients.

* It's mentioned many times in ''TheDresdenFiles'' that [[TheDon Gentleman Johny Marcone]] has an ArmyOfLawyers to protect him from any kind of legal charges.

* JKRowling is said to have an ArmyOfLawyers in [[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2100186.ece this Times Online article]].

* In ''NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'', Clark's boss is introduced with a team of yes-men marching lockstep behind him (with foley marching sound effects).

* ''{{Discworld}}'':

* The law firm of Wolfram & Hart from ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

* Actual lawyers find this phenomenon very amusing, especially when you can be relatively sure that 3 of the 6 lawyers on one side of the bar are totally superfluous. They're only there to impress their own clients (and soak some more cash) and intimidate the other side's clients.

* There's a KAL cartoon about the [[{{Understatement}} contested]] 2000 Bush-Gore election in Florida. It's in the general format of "12 Days of Christmas" and number six is "six legions of lawyers".

* There's a KAL cartoon about the [[Understatement contested]] 2000 Bush-Gore election in Florida. It's in the general format of "12 Days of Christmas" and number six is "six legions of lawyers".

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* ''TheSupernaturalist'' features combat lawyers known as Paralegals, causing a character to remark "I liked it better when they fought with briefcases".

* ''TheSimpsons''

* In ''[[{{Civilization}} Call To Power]]'' and its sequel, once you develop to the Modern Era, you can train Lawyers and Corporate Branches to wage economic warfare on your enemies. Ordinary army-units are mostly helpless against them, too - only Lawyers can fight Lawyers. And they're really, really effective. This means that unless it ends before you develop that far, a multiplayer match will inevitably devolve into an earth-shattering confrontation between two competing armies of briefcase-wielding, suit-wearing lawyers (and corporate branches).

* JK Rowling is said to have an ArmyOfLawyers in this Times Online article: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2100186.ece
** She probably needs them. Different types of lawyers are needed for things like publishing law, copyright law, licensing, royalties negotiation, other categories of entertainment law, lawyers to represent her many corporations and business holdings, and even the occasional criminal defense. Oh, and law varies from country to country, too, and not all legal knowledge is transferable from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] when you think about the sheer number places and sheer number of fields the ''HarryPotter'' franchise touches that all require exclusive talents to administer.

** She probably needs them. Different types of lawyers are needed for things like publishing law, copyright law, licensing, royalties negotiation, other categories of entertainment law, lawyers to represent her many corporations and business holdings, and even the occasional criminal defense. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] when you think about the sheer number of fields the HarryPotter franchise is involved in that all require exclusive talents to administer.

* The law firm of Wolfram & Hart from ''{{Angel}}''.

* Thief's Ninja Lawyers in ''EightBitTheater''.

* The Partnership Collective in ''SchlockMercenary''.

-->'''caption:''' Wellington held out some beads and other trinkets, but the islanders had sent their fiercest lawyers- some of whome were chanting, "Sue him! Sue him!"

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** C. Montgomery Burns has a team of lawyers but usually only the Blue Haired Lawyer talks.

* Humorous example: A famous entry in the Doo Dah parade in Pasadena, California was the Synchronized Briefcase Drill Team, with 16 men & women in three-piece suits performing precision marching routines with attaché cases.