A lawyers dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop
and steals a roast. Butcher goes to lawyers office and asks, If a dog
running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to
demand payment for the meat from the dogs owner? The lawyer answers,
Absolutely.

Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today.

The lawyer, without a word, writes the butcher a check for $8.50 [attorneys
dont carry cash–its too plebeian–and the butcher hadnt brought the
shops credit card imprinter to the lawyers office].

Several periods of time later–it could be the next day but that would be
unrealistic–the butcher opens the mail and finds an envelope from the
lawyer: $20 due for a consultation.