Dewey, Cheatem & Howe

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Dewey, Cheatem & Howe ("Do we cheat 'em? [Yes, we do,] And how!", "how" used as an intensifier) is a fictional law firm, used in several parody settings. For example, a popular Three Stooges poster features the Stooges as bumbling members of such a firm (although the name was never used in an actual episode). Similarly, mention of a firm by this name is employed by comic figures such as Groucho Marx and Daffy Duck. In Leisure Suit Larry III, the protagonist must pay several visits to a firm by this name.

The name pokes fun at the perceived propensity of some lawyers to take advantage of their clients. Many law professors perversely work "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" into the hypotheticals presented on final exams, especially in professional responsibility and legal ethics courses.

There is a variant law firm, lesser known, by the name of Howe, Dewey, Cheatem and Wynn which is similarly amorphic in its physical existence, but nevertheless is known in certain circles.

A corporation whose name is based on the joke — Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe — represents Click and Clack of the Car Talk radio program.

Mentioned in One Night at McCool's during an early scene with Paul Reiser and Matt Dillon.

The UK magazine Private Eye uses the similarly-inspired "Sue, Grabbitt and Runne" (sue, grab it and run) when satirising the legal profession, reflecting the magazine's experience defending from libel lawsuits.