Today’s Lawyer of the Day would have had a great “Behind the Music” story, if only had his ploy worked. From Friday’s Chicago Tribune:

A lawyer was booted from the Cook County Criminal Courts Building today after attempting to foist his own music CD on R. Kelly in the courtroom where his trial is taking place.

Attorney Mike Roman approached Kelly on Friday morning while the singer was sitting alone at the defense table. With his lawyers and the prosecutors meeting privately in the judge’s chambers, the R&B superstar was left to fend off the man’s overture.

Roman — a local criminal-defense lawyer who fronts the Latin rock band, Mike Roman and the Tellstars, in his spare time — offered Kelly a free copy of his CD “Cha Cha Time.” Kelly, 41, is considered one of the music industry’s most prolific songwriters and producers….

“I’m a lawyer and I’m musician,” Roman told the authorities. “What’s wrong with that?”

Do you really want us to answer that? We’ve been to your website.

Roman cooperated with his removal — but not before trying to sell a “Cha Cha Time” CD to one of Kelly’s defense attorneys for $15.

From the snippets on Mike Roman and The Tellstars website, we doubt R. Kelly would have dug the music even if he’d taken the cd.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s Cha Cha time.”

Attorney’s musical overture hits sour note [Chicago Tribune]