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It was once a crime for lawyers to hawk their services. How did commercials selling legal advice become so pervasive – and so bonkers?

>> and you thought you didn't like lawyers. i bet you do now. a man who has done more for the legal profession than anyone in the history of jurisprudence. he's the internet's favorite lawyer and ours, too. >> joining us from dallas is the texas law hawk himself, brian wilson. law hawk, thanks for being here. >> how are y'all doing? >> due process? do wheelies. did you hurt yourself in the making of any of these videos? >> did i what? >> did you hurt yourself? >> oh, hurt -- oh, a lot. i do all my own stunts, and there's a lot of falls that happen, especially learning how to wheelie that tiny ...

>> i happened in my mock trial my first year of law school, we had a mock trial competition, we were a little overtired and we thought let's come up with power animals. someone said legal eagle and didn't roll off the tongue the way i liked it and i replied with law hawk, and that's kind of where it went from there, and it kind of spread around and was my nickname in law school and since then i opened up my own firm and i said i'm going to keep using this as a plan. >> so two questions, first, how is business? and second, do you assume this posture in court? >> so business is doing very well. ...

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