Business Notes ENTERPRISE

Order a frank with everything at Law Dogs, a Van Nuys, Calif., hot dog stand, and you'll get onions, chili, cheese -- and a dollop of professional legal advice. The last comes courtesy of proprietor and practicing attorney Kim Pearman. In 1980 Pearman grew restless with the dog-eat-dog world of litigation and erected the world's first combination law office and wienerama, which offers legal help to go every Wednesday night. And while his culinary canines range in price from a $1.15 plain Plaintiff Dog to a fully dressed $1.45 Judge Dog, Pearman's jurisprudence plat du jour is free of charge.

From a rocking chair behind the kitchen, Pearman dispenses advice on divorce, landlord-tenant disputes and other food for tort. Locals have developed a taste for Pearman's guidance. Referrals from agencies and simple word of mouth have brought 10,000 client customers to his door, hungry for justice.