Cowboy poet Al Marquis has been a practicing trial lawyer with the Las Vegas law firm of Marquis & Aurbach for the past 25 years. During that time, he has done some serious writing. But on the side, cowboy poetry gave him the opportunity to redirect his writing skills from the absolutely serious to the totally frivolous. He takes great pride in the fact that he knows all his poems by heart and loves scheduling appearances to perform the rhymes and rhythms that he creates.