Bar Tales: Stories From A Southern Rural Law Practice

by Chris Callahan

Overview

Zany, crazy, juvenile and almost always humorous short stories from one rural southern county's bar association over a period of 35 years. These stories are absolutely true and you will meet the real judges involved, many of whom still practice law. Meet characters like The Queen of the Universe, Judge Silly (spelled Cilley), Judge Suzy, and a District Attorney Brad Greenway once called a "folksy mountain lawyer" by The Charlotte Observer newspaper. This book will show you what really goes on behind the scenes in courtrooms in rural areas of the south, and you may never think of your lawyer the same way again after reading this book. Our Bar Association is famous for our annual Bob-B-Que and our Bar Minutes are so funny there is a mailing list across western North Carolina.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044328419
Publisher:	Chris Callahan
Publication date:	02/18/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	878 KB

About the Author

Chris Callahan was born, and lived most of his life, in rural Rutherfordton, North Carolina. Student Body President during the race riots of 1970 at RS Central High, an All Conference football player, Chris was a Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill where he also played football his freshman year and later served on the Student Legislature.

A graduate of Wake Forest Law School in 1977, Chris has practiced law exclusively in his home town of Rutherfordton, NC. Ordained in the Charismatic Episcopal Church in November of 2001, he now lives in Swannanoa, NC and is an Elder at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Black Mountain, which he calls the most "servant oriented and intellectual community of believers he has ever experienced."

Active in Kairos prison ministry since 2002, Chris initiated Kairos prison ministry at Marion Correctional in Marion, NC, in 2008 and now usually leads music on Kairos weekends in Western North Carolina.

Married to Elsie Callahan, he is the father of three sons: Tristan, Joshua and Nicholas; two stepdaughters: Amy Knight and Lesley Gillespie; and one step grandchild, Aurora.