“How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?” (lawyer joke)

One popular lawyer joke hints at the lynch law:
 
Q: How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1993.
 
   
Google Books
Great Lawyer Stories:
From Courthouse to Jailhouse, Tall Tales, Jokes, and Anecdotes
By Bill Adler
New York, NY: Carol Pub. Group
1993
Pg. 131:
How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
Cut the rope.
 
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What?No lawyer jokes?                                     
Anthony H Schroeder
9/19/93
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Q: How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.
   
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Legal Briefs
By Michael D. Shook and Jeffrey D. Meyer
New York, NY: Macmillan
1995
Pg. 96:
How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
Cut the rope.
 
24 September 1995, Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL),  “Lawyer jokes back in season” by Bill Campbell, pg. 1B, col. 1:
Q: How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.
     
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The Joke’s On… Lawyers
By Stan D. Ross and Ysaiah Ross
Sydney: The Federation Press Pty Ltd
1996
Pg. 89:
Q: How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.
   
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The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
By Geoff Tibballs
Pg. ?:
How do you get a lawyer out of a tree?
Cut the rope.