In the subject of law surrounding cannabis possession, usage and cultivation in Texas, the true unsung heroes will always remain our translators of the confusion, none other than our dedicated lawyers and legal experts in the matter. In a state with cannabis/hemp laws that are about as confusing as comprehending the end of “Inception” after eating a strong brownie, lawyers with specialties from criminal defense to intellectual property provide a guiding light to the new industry while representing the best interests of their clients.
However, a tag team of seasoned lawyers in Waco are deciding to provide legal insight and explanation in a unique format. Certainly not a format that any other lawyer practicing cannabis-related law in Texas has taken.
Covering Chris Harris’s respective field of civil law and Will Hutson’s field of criminal law, the two lawyers’ firm in Waco is able to handle a variety of cases, from commercial litigation to criminal defense and family law. In a city not necessarily known for weed policies as lenient as Austin’s, the two gentlemen with a combined 37 years of experience have acted as providers of genius legal knowledge by, among many mediums, compiling brilliant yet easy to understand legal advice and producing a song from it.
With hilarious titles such as “Don’t Eat Your Weed” and “Nobody Knows (If It’s Pot or If It’s Hemp)”, Harris and Hutson produce humorous yet informative songs that detail exactly how a potential defendant should act and speak when caught with cannabis. Songs such as “Pot Brownies” discuss that canna-butter is considered a concentrate in Texas and therefore a felony, and the aforementioned “Don’t Eat Your Weed” discussing how attempting to eat your cannabis when caught could be a felony destruction of evidence charge.
Harris admitted that he actually worked as a musician for two years prior to eventually passing the Bar Exam, where he claimed to be “good enough to survive but not good enough to thrive.” But following over a decade practicing law in both Dallas and Waco, Harris and law partner Hutson’s friend and IT consultant Steve Watkins recommended that their firm’s website produce creative vlogs that act as dissertations of the law.
Although, both Harris and Hutson didn’t feel an immediate interest in producing these eye-catching vlogs. Yet, Watkins then jokingly recommended a music video. Harris, putting his previous musical skills to work with his law partner, wrote their first single “Please Shut Up!” in August of 2015 about remaining quiet during both negligent injury claims and criminal proceedings.
Since then, Hutson and Harris have written some legal bangers, always accompanying country or americana-sounding music. They’ve parodied the Waylon Jennings song “Amanda” with a song about the laws read to any defendant upon arrest called “Miranda,” and their most recent “Nobody Knows” advises how cannabis cases might have greater leeway with hemp’s legalization.
As their public service announcements in musical form on legal rights have accumulated millions of views, the lawyers have decided to give a shot in professionally recording an album. Hilariously and brilliantly named “Pain and Suffering” after a reference to injury law, they’ve organized a campaign on Kickstarter campaign of $5000 going until the end of October to record a full-fledged CD of their greatest humorous legal hits for the masses.
As for plans on writing future bangers about cannabis-specific law, Hutson and Harris also admit that while no concrete plans are laid out, they don’t plan their songs months in advance. This means that at any moment, a different loophole or legal consequence could be discovered that they’ll then produce a track about or a song will come naturally.