In the little monthly newsletter the San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA) mails its lawyer-members, there's a Q&A column called SDCBA Member Profile. It is a column that highlights a member's profile. The featured attorney is a random or not-random choice plucked from the pool of 2.7 million attorneys in San Diego. It is an opportunity for a counselor to share a bit about herself or himself. It helps humanize the profession and make relatable a profession that has its own chapter in joke books.

I'm still awaiting my invitation to appear.

In the meantime, I thought I'd draft my answers, so I'll be ready if called upon. Below, find my responses to the standard Q&A queries:

Question: Proudest Career Moment:

Answer: how much space do we have?

Q: Current Area of Residence?

A: San Diego County. Choosing the right bar association was a no-brainer.

[Editor's Note: this is an opportunity for the profiled subject to better connect to the public with frequent honorable mention to Carmel Valley, La Jolla and Rancho Bernardo]

Q:Family:

A: 2 cats, 2 boys, one wife (not necessarily in that order).

[Ed: The inclusion of this question is a splendid opportunity to highlight who is single ("and looking")

Q:Birthplace:

A: Who cares?

Q: If I weren't an attorney, I'd be...

A: A TV attorney.

Q: The best thing about being an attorney is:

A: Blog indulgence (or "blogdulgence" if you seek succinctness)

Q: My last vacation was...

[Ed: this is an opportunity (as with the area of residence) to advertise your worldliness and resources]

A: San Diego Zoo (Why should it be a vacation only if you're not from San Diego?)

Q:Favorite Web site:

Mine. http://www.bankonitsd.com/

[Ed: the most frequent answers are... Google and its search-engine ilk. It's a practical answer, I suppose]

Q: Hobbies:

A: The suggestion that I can afford to abandon client service at any time is preposterous!

[Ed: more typical answers range from innocuous family outings to hard-core sports like golfing]

Q: Favorite Movie

A: La Dolce Vita, it's vintage Fellini... no, strike that. Die Hard.

[Ed: in past answers, you'll find mention of respectable documentaries or lawyer movies with Gregory Peck and Boo Radley]

Q: Favorite Book:

A: I don't know, but currently my boy and I are reading, Baby Mickey Finds a Friend. It's all about how Baby Mickey Mouse finds a friend.

[Ed: herein lies the respondent's compulsion to display literary proficiency; a privilege not to be squandered on trivial beach reads. Citing non-fiction is highly recommended]

Q: Favorite Music Artists:

A: Lady GaGa

[Ed: she's catchy. I could quote critics' darlings-where my tastes genuinely lie-but that's personal. In the archives of Q&A answers, there will be scarce mention of rap, heavy metal, & hallucinogen- or heroin-inspired artists; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a good selection: Divertimento in B-flat is a favorite (the unplugged version)]

Q: Favorite Food:

A: Walk up and smell the... yes, hummos, in its multifarious incarnations (jalapeno, chipotle, pine nuts, cilantro, kalamata olives, roasted red peppers, garlic and other friends), with Snickers Bars a close second. They go together, actually. Try it.

[Ed: stock answers are either whole ethnic categories or epicurean fare: truffles, force-fed ducks, and creatures you first meet alive-and-well in the lobby, before cracking them open to eat tableside]

Q: What efforts are you making to make your practice "greener?"

A: I plan to email the SDCBA a request that this newsletter be exclusively published electronically.

Q: How have changes in technology affected the way you practice law and do business?

A: In the Pony Express days, mail service deadlines were tolled for Indian attacks and horse thieves were summarily hung. With the introduction of the Internet and e-mail, communications are faster, Indian attacks are fewer, and it takes more time to hang a horse thief.

Q: How have you benefited from your SDCBA membership?

[Ed: this is a question from the SDCBA. They reserve the right to edit your response, exercise disciplinary measures and banish you]

A: Seriously?

Q:What technology/products do you find effective in your practice?

A: iPhone and Drive-thru Starbuckses (the latter, a technological marriage of cup-holders and uber-fast espresso making) enable me to map, calendar, research, e-mail, facebook, voice-memo and tweet, while slurping coffee en route to court. Necessity is the mother of invention and these technologies have taught me to drive with my feet, which is no small feat as I drive a stick shift.*

Disclaimer:

The profile questions are authentic; "editor" notes are hypocritical drivel; answers are baloney; tongue is placed firmly in cheek.

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*I don't.

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