Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Mega Court Experience
One of the reasons I haven't been around is that March has turned into a court marathon. I don't usually do alot of court cases, preferring to focus on mediation. Somehow, this month I have ended up in front of a judge at least twice a week for the past few weeks. This type of work takes huge amounts of preparation and stamina.
Today was no exception. We were in court from 10 am until 1:30 pm and it was no picnic. The funniest things can happen when you are in court. For one, the opposing lawyer was throwing up on and off throughout the whole ordeal. Yes. In court. The judge asked her if we could just adjourn - but noooooo she insisted she was "alright" and kept a garbage can beside her! I kid you not.
On another day, a lawyer decided to show me lewd (aka nude) photos of my client during a private negotiation session in a small meeting room at the courthouse. I think she thought if I saw these photos, I would think less of my client. I am so dumb, though, because I told her not to show them to the judge, because I knew that this particular judge would hit the roof. I was in another case in December with this judge and porn pictures were involved and this judge was furious... I am sure that I heard the words "offensive" and "inappropriate" as she ripped that lawyer's hide wide open. When I got back to the office, Robin told me that I should have encouraged her to show them to the judge (he knew about the past incident). The bottom line is that the pictures were totally irrelevant. Sexual pictures of consenting adults are not illegal and have nothing to do with how much damn child support a guy has to pay!!!
Finally, last week we had a sad day in court. I have been representing a grandparent and other family members who just want to be able to see their grandchildren once in a while. The custodial parent won't agree (they aren't her relatives). We asked a judge to help us by giving an opinion and they basically said that maybe the grandfather might have some rights. The words were so discouraging that the family has decided not to push it and are basically giving up. The judges words were probably true... she said "it would be nice if everyone could be part of a big, happy family, but in most cases, it just isn't true." Phooey.
Today was no exception. We were in court from 10 am until 1:30 pm and it was no picnic. The funniest things can happen when you are in court. For one, the opposing lawyer was throwing up on and off throughout the whole ordeal. Yes. In court. The judge asked her if we could just adjourn - but noooooo she insisted she was "alright" and kept a garbage can beside her! I kid you not.
On another day, a lawyer decided to show me lewd (aka nude) photos of my client during a private negotiation session in a small meeting room at the courthouse. I think she thought if I saw these photos, I would think less of my client. I am so dumb, though, because I told her not to show them to the judge, because I knew that this particular judge would hit the roof. I was in another case in December with this judge and porn pictures were involved and this judge was furious... I am sure that I heard the words "offensive" and "inappropriate" as she ripped that lawyer's hide wide open. When I got back to the office, Robin told me that I should have encouraged her to show them to the judge (he knew about the past incident). The bottom line is that the pictures were totally irrelevant. Sexual pictures of consenting adults are not illegal and have nothing to do with how much damn child support a guy has to pay!!!
Finally, last week we had a sad day in court. I have been representing a grandparent and other family members who just want to be able to see their grandchildren once in a while. The custodial parent won't agree (they aren't her relatives). We asked a judge to help us by giving an opinion and they basically said that maybe the grandfather might have some rights. The words were so discouraging that the family has decided not to push it and are basically giving up. The judges words were probably true... she said "it would be nice if everyone could be part of a big, happy family, but in most cases, it just isn't true." Phooey.
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I think the judge should have made the judgment to adjorn if the lawyer was so sick that she was throwing up. I can't stand to see someone throw up - even hearing makes me sick - I end up throwing up too. Imagine if I was there - we'd have been sharing the garbage can. - yuck!
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