Every name counts!

Neither AORs nor the litigants
Seemed to bother or to mind
When just one counsel argued
And dozens crowded behind

Some supreme milords
Maybe to save some paper
Felt reams of appearances
Were just another bar caper

"We will note appearance only
Of those who actually appear
Invisible lawyers everywhere
Can't be assumed to be here"

Black coats can't digest this
So many work on every case
Why neglect all their hard work
Favour only the appearing face?

In tomes of courts of record
Every name counts, every face
Doesn't matter they won or lost
It matters that they ran the race!

Bar Associations are united
Let everyone's name be noted
This time they all voted for us
Next time we may not be voted!