When it comes to attorneys, it seems that they live to argue every little point in every legal dispute... What's a judge to do? Well, Gregory Presnell of the U.S. District Court in Orlando has decided to start solving their issues the old fashioned way: Rock, Paper, Scissors!

It all started when the two lawyers in the case could not agree where to conduct the deposition of a witness... So Judge Presnell ordered a "new form of alternative dispute resolution..." And to be sure they couldn't argue of where to hold the showdown, he even told them the default location would be the front steps of the federal courthouse in Tampa!

David Pettinato, a lawyer for the plaintiff, said it won't come to that, though... He says he and his counterpart have agreed to meet June 30th at "an undisclosed location..." Which gives him plenty of time to practice with his two daughters (ages 5 and 9)... In fact, his daughters have told him to start with rock, which he says makes sense because his case is "solid as a rock!"

But don't bet on rock yet! Matti Leshem, the co-commissioner of the USA Rock Paper Scissors League in Los Angeles, says he would be inclined to be on paper... "Lawyers open with paper 67 percent of the time, because they deal with so much paper," he said... In fact, he has offered to officiate the event! "What I don't want," he said, "is some rogue element of rock-paper-scissors coming down from the bench... When the law takes rock-paper-scissors into its own hands, mayhem can occur..."

(If you aren't up on Rock, Paper, Scissors, you might want to take a refresher course... This year it's resolving legal issues... Last year it was used to finalize a business deal! And with variations including up to 15 gestures (including Dragon!), Rock, Paper, Scissors is simple enough and flexibile enough to handle almost anything!)