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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Just another day at the office.]]
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4	''Supernatural Law'', formerly known as ''Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre'', is a ComicStrip, ComicBook and {{Webcomic}} created by the late Batton Lash that has been in publication since 1979.
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6	Jeff Byrd and Alanna Wolff are "monster lawyers"; that is, they are human lawyers representing TheUndead, monsters, spirits, and other ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight. The [[http://supernaturallaw.com/ webcomic can be read here]] and the [[http://www.exhibitapress.com/ books are available here]].
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10	* AlliterativeName: '''M'''avis '''M'''unro.
11	* CourtroomEpisode: Most story arcs contain a courtroom scene, or are mostly set in one.
12	* FetusTerrible: In the storyline [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly entitled]] "I'm Carrying Satan's Baby!", an unlucky woman attempts to get an abortion without the consent of her husband, who [[DealWithTheDevil sold his soul to the devil]] and is now under his control.
13	* GoodLawyersGoodClients: Quite a bit of the time, as a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of various monster tropes. Most of the clients just want to get on with their lives, or un-lives, as the case may be.
14	* LastNameBasis: Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd refer to each other by their surnames, though they are clearly both friends and business partners, if not each others' LoveInterest.
15	* MuckMonster[=/=]PlantPerson: Sodd, the Thing That was It!, an AffectionateParody of ''ComicBook/SwampThing''.
16	* OccultLawFirm: InvertedTrope. Wolff & Byrd is an ordinary small law firm, staffed by humans with no supernatural powers. Their clients, on the other hand…
17	* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Wolff & Byrd provide a full range of legal services, from criminal, civil, contract and more.
18	* OurGodsAreDifferent: The [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek gods]] show up in "The Gods Must Be Litigious".
19	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The werewolves are patterned mostly after the Franchise/UniversalHorror classic ''Film/TheWolfMan1941''.
20	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In "Zombie Wife" a woman returns from the dead and sues her husband for damages--for her murder (he was awarded a not guilty verdict in the criminal trial).
21	* SassySecretary: Mavis Munro, the firm's secretary, is just as unflappable as her employers.
22	* ShoutOut: To many classic horror films, books, etc.
23	* ShownTheirWork: The comic is highly accurate when it comes to how law works. It doesn't hurt that Lash uses a legal consultant.
24	* ZombieAdvocate: For our heroes, it's part of their job.

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