The Solicitor was founded in 1967 by a group of bitter, out-of-work law school graduates. The publication was named after Civil War General Charles Solicitor, a Union army attorney and all-around great guy who was a close confidant of President Ulysses S. Grant. Solicitor's quote "let's just burn the whole fucking city and make a killing doing the insurance claims" inspired the founding trio, who sought both work and respect in the legal community.Desperate to find the financial stability their siblings and friends had gained through their business enterprises, the founders applied the wisdom they gained from their legal schools and drank heavily for weeks. While stumbling around the Adams Morgan section of Washington, DC, the three founders realized that they could achieve relative success if they infiltrated the aristocratic “white-shoe” law firms and exposed their inner secrets to the public. Following this revelation, the three took way too much acid and created the Solicitor instead. Today, this legacy of half-assed writing and rampant drug and alcohol abuse continues in modern legal communities. The Solicitor is dedicated to bringing America the best and worst of this secretive world of sex, lies, and video testimony, no matter how hungover or stoned any of its staff members may be.
