Obiter's search for lawyers with alternative careers has discovered yet another solicitor with a musical claim to fame. David Jones, by day a commercial property specialist and senior partner at London firm Tucker Turner Kingsley Wood & Co, has enjoyed chart success as a lyricist (albeit not as much as fellow law school student Tim Rice). Highlights include a top ten in the US singles chart and covers of the single 'Exclusively for me' by Dusty Springfield and the late US rap artist Big Punisher (aka Big Pun), originally performed by Colin Blunstone of the Zombies. He tells Obiter that the song, which he wrote to cheer himself up, is still the one he is most proud of. Mr Jones has also written screenplays and numerous children's TV cartoons ('Knights of the Zig-Zag Table', 'DoDo', 'Greek Gods' and 'Les Gnoufs'), two of which were nominated for Emmys. Our renaissance man has even appeared in a Hollywood film, called 'The Last Horror Movie', although he downplays his acting skills. Happily, he has not committed suicide as one movie Web site suggests, and continues to earn 'a decent income' from his writing.