WTT: Legal services for homebrew equipment

I am a licensed attorney in Colorado as well as licensed to practice before the U.S. patent and trademark office. Business is slow and I like to brew. Hence I would be willing to trade my services for some quality home brew equipment.

Services I can provide are:

Small business legal issues;
Contracts;
Patents;
Trademarks; and
Tax matters.

I am looking for some higher end equipment such as SS brew kettles, mashtuns, HLT, pumps and brew stands.

PM if interested.

Thanks all.

Gregg

I would think it would take a **** load of Brew equipment to make trading for legal services fair...

I'd be up for a Brutus 10.....

Attorney, if not for the "homebrewer status" I would offer you a kick in the nuts instead of equip...

Draketc01 said:

Attorney, if not for the "homebrewer status" I would offer you a kick in the nuts instead of equip...

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Gee thanks. Good thing I were a jockstrap and cup while brewing.

Crap, my Brutus is only worth about 4K in parts... that isn't a lot of legal advice

OMG and what would these good people say about a law maker, rather than a lawyer?

What have we become?

Draketc01 said:

Attorney, if not for the "homebrewer status" I would offer you a kick in the nuts instead of equip...

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I have nothing against attorneys...but dang...that was pretty funny. lol

so let me get this straight - you create your own professional class through an exorbitantly expensive education process and bar association fees, thereby limiting the supply of attorneys, in order to charge high prices for your "services" (which are largely made necessary by other attorneys in our over litigious society). AND you have the audacity to ask hard working homebrewers to trade their equipment????


has law school made me bitter?

alcibiades said:

so let me get this straight - you create your own professional class through an exorbitantly expensive education process and bar association fees, thereby limiting the supply of attorneys, in order to charge high prices for your "services" (which are largely made necessary by other attorneys in our over litigious society). AND you have the audacity to ask hard working homebrewers to trade their equipment????


has law school made me bitter?

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awesome. +1 for the bitterness from law school. I'm half-way done

tomije87 said:

awesome. +1 for the bitterness from law school. I'm half-way done

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just wait - by the end of third year you officially lose the ability to contort your face into a smile.

alcibiades said:

just wait - by the end of third year you officially lose the ability to contort your face into a smile.

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You must be at WM. My wife was class of '07 - it's very true. The only cure is copius amounts of alcohol, it relaxes the face muscles enough to give a smirk. :fro:

Waiting for him to blackmail HB'ers in OK, AL, or MS.

BrewSpook said:

You must be at WM. My wife was class of '07 - it's very true. The only cure is copius amounts of alcohol, it relaxes the face muscles enough to give a smirk. :fro:

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Hence the need for brew equipment!! Good luck in your search!

At the end of the trading legal for brew equipement I bet you would owe him money, and then get sued...

Good lord... this is the best thread I have read in a while. I am really amused.

The only legal services I need are changing the archaic laws in Georgia (three tier system in particular).

I would trade you my left nut to get the laws to mirror colorado.

But you probably already have a left nut.... How about a case of old Schlitz bottles?

(sorry... owandering off to go drink now)

I kind of feel bad for the OP. He legitimately wants brewing equipment and wants to offer a service for it. Unfortunately, his profession is one that we all like to razz on.

That being said, OP why don't you trade your soul for brewing equipment? Wait, never mind you've already gotten rid of your soul....

I dislike lawyers as much as the other guy, but dang...Oh, did I say that out loud?

So, there are inner words and outer words... Like the song says, "...he's frsh out of law school with a license to steal..."

I hope you're wearing that cup under a suit of armor...

Just pulling your leg...good luck on that search...I'll keep you in mind if I ever get in trouble in CO. :rockin:

Heh, this is the guy who KEEPS you from getting sued...if he does a good enough job!

ghart999 said:

Gee thanks. Good thing I were a jockstrap and cup while brewing.

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Not so sure I would trust an attorney that mistakes "were" for "wear"...just saying.

...that and any lawyer knows that "free" services and bartering are taxable per the IRS...

Did you ever notice that we say "THE IRS" and it spells "THEIRS"?

alcibiades said:

so let me get this straight - you create your own professional class through an exorbitantly expensive education process and bar association fees, thereby limiting the supply of attorneys, in order to charge high prices for your "services" (which are largely made necessary by other attorneys in our over litigious society). AND you have the audacity to ask hard working homebrewers to trade their equipment????


has law school made me bitter?

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Holy crap! Reading this post I was like wait this guy is a lawyer/law student up in Old Town! Great followup!

To the OP! You should check out the DIY forum and those crazy designs those guys make on brewing equipment and get one of those crazy Einstein brewer inventors a patent and perhaps a first edition in payment

Hell I'd love to help someone patent their cool brew idea. I've already done a few cool brew things for people thus far.