What? No Tax Lawyers?
It’s true. David Kelley’s new reality TV show, The Law Firm, doesn’t have any tax or estates lawyers participating.
Thanks to Paul Caron over at Tax Prof Blog (Celebrity Tax Lore) for pointing that out.
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