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Oct. 1, 2013

Reel Law

"They say a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. And with God as my witness, I am that fool."
-Gomez Addams (Raúl Juliá), shown with wife Morticia (Anjelica Huston), declares he will act pro se in a court battle over his dilapidated mansion in The Addams Family (1991).
Thanks to Dennis Kavanagh of Sausalito. Send your favorite lawyer moment from film to reellaw@dailyjournal.com<...

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