We don't get nearly enough news from the west coast, so we are happy to anoint two Oregonian attorneys our Lawyers of the Day.

At first, the idea of landlord-tenant lawyers duking it out struck us as awesome. But apparently their fight involved slapping, running away, and a "talking-to" from a judge. Not so awesome.

From the Oregonian:

[J]aws dropped last week when two attorneys duked it out in a first-floor hallway in front of a crowd of spectators, including a few county sheriff's deputies and Portland traffic cops.

Attorneys David Lawrence and Aaron Matusick had been in landlord-tenant court Thursday for a hearing and began shouting at each other when they left the courtroom, according to witnesses and officials who investigated the fight.

People in three nearby courtrooms spilled into the hallway to see what was going on, some just in time to see the two men literally butt heads. Although it's not clear exactly who did what, witnesses said one man slapped the other and the other responded with a punch to the forehead.

Then one of the attorneys dashed out of the courthouse. He was called back on his cell phone, and both men were summoned to Judge Pro-Tem Lewis Lawrence's chambers for a talking-to.

We wonder whether the deputies and traffic cops were just standing around cheering and taking cell phone photos. That's probably what we would have done. But we're not responsible for, like, keeping the peace and stuff.

Court fight! Lawyers trade blows in hall [The Oregonian]