USA Lawyer Profiles In The Media This Week – WSJ on New Mexico’s Snakeskin Boots Lawyer & the NY Post On The Mary Poppins Lawyer

First up WSJ

Spend time in courtrooms in New Mexico and it won’t be long before you encounter Jon Miller, a lawyer who is easy to recognize by his signature snakeskin boots.

Miller, based in Las Cruces, drives some 4,000 miles a month, zigzagging around the state defending low-income clients. He has seen every courthouse in the state: Truth or Consequences. Alamogordo. Carrizozo. Santa Fe.

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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/jon-miller-new-mexico-lawyer-a6aed32c

NY Post

‘Mary Poppins’ lawyer dresses like it’s the 1800s with custom Victorian clothing and dip pens

She parties like it’s 1899.

Oregon’s Adelaide Beeman-White is winding back the clock on haute couture by dressing like she stepped out of a time machine from the late 19th century.

Instead of the usual suit, the 27-year-old associate attorney wears a handmade long skirt with puffed sleeves, a feathered hat and even a parasol, parroting the style of the 1800s Victorian era, Oregon Live reported.

“I’m stuck very solidly in about 1893 to ‘98,” the Hillsboro resident told the outlet of her Victorian-core style. “I love that period primarily because the clothing is the best.”

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https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/lifestyle/lawyer-lives-her-life-like-its-the-1800s/