Police officers and District Attorneys (especially those on television) have a derogatory phrase for suspects and defendants who retain an attorney: "lawyered up."  As in, "we can't talk to him because he lawyered up." That was the phrase that kept popping into my head today as I was completing my licensing applications for podcasting. I've "licensed up." It's neither straightforward nor easy, and I promised Ross that I would try to explain it all once I get to the end of this.