This Lawyer Ad Is A Definite No-No

This fictional ad is a no go in the real world.

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No fee ‘til you’re free.

—The advertising slogan of Jack Stone, played by John Turturro, in the new HBO miniseries, “The Night Of.” As Alex Bunin of Mimesis Law notes, the ad, which the struggling fictional lawyer is able to have displayed in the subway, “violates ethical rules against contingent fees in criminal cases. His competitors would be the first to turn him in to the state bar.”

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