Alabama Bar Bans Lawyer's Ads

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“One call, that’s all!” has been seen and heard as a tagline on Louisiana television, radio and billboards for two decades.
The ads have helped make personal injury lawyer Morris Bart hugely successful. But when Bart attempted to take his pitch to Alabama, it fell upon deaf ears.
Bart was one of the first attorneys to take advantage of the 1977 Supreme Court decision allowing lawyers to advertise on TV. His ads, produced by Invision in Dallas, tend toward the sensational.

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