Giving new meaning to "The Hall of Justice"

There's a new comic book on the stands, and its hero's powers rival those of Spider-Man, Wolverine, and even the Silver Surfer. The comic is "Attorney Man," and The Boston Globe's law-business reporter Sacha Pfeiffer has the story here.

As Pfeiffer reports, fictitious lawyer Tim Silver has just made senior partner at Cha Chingi Changa LLP after billing more than 2,500 hours a year for the past nine years. (This left little time for the niceties in life, like the births of his children.) But he realizes that he doesn't have the client skills or marketing ability to continue to grow his practice. After a visit to Dr. Development, who gives him a magic elixir, Silver transforms into the superhero Attorney Man. Pfeiffer writes:

Unlike stereotypical lawyers who are introverted, risk-adverse, and better at talking than listening, Attorney Man is creative, forward-thinking, and knowledgeable about his clients' needs and industries. Newly aware that ``thinking like a lawyer" is holding him back, he takes to heart what clients often dislike about their lawyers: arrogance, poor communication, missed deadlines, unexplained bills, uninformed associates.

Many clients would love to have a superhero like that for their counsel.

Boston-area law-firm consultant Karen Katz and Somerville artist Raul Gonzalez developed the comic as a training tool for lawyers. You can order copies here.