I should hire myself out as a "legal presence" at these meetings.
"I will attend if you give me coffee and doughnuts," I will say.
It would be a limited arrangement, where I just have to sit there and look attoreyish.
The retainer agreement would be clear that I wasn't there to take notes, or even pay any attention to what was going on.
This is funny, but it actually works to have someone sitting there looking attorneyish. All the participants are on their best behavior. Having a recorder sitting in the middle of the table works, too.
