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Lawyer’s Magic Hobby Invites Jokes

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Ohio lawyer Robert “Rusty” Rittenhouse picks up some extra cash by doing magic tricks at wedding receptions, childrens’ parties and the like, inviting the inevitable jokes.

“There are a lot of jokes from the family who say that it’s the same profession,” he told the Athens Messenger. “The judges joke that they don’t want to see me pulling a rabbit out of a hat.” Others have advised him to take up criminal defense work to “make the evidence disappear.”

Rittenhouse said he has been interested in magic since the age of 6 and never gave up the pursuit. He is an associate at Lavelle & Associates in Athens.

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