Back From a Trial

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | May 30, 2009

Posted by Cliff Tuttle, (c) 2009

After a week-long trial, I am back on the blog. I know that the pros say to blog every day, but the pros don’t have clients whose whole lives and fortunes are tied up in whether you win in court. What are you supposed to say when you are engaged in a duel to the death and your client notices you took time off from their case to post on your blog?

So, I missed the Sotomayor nomination. Old news, now. Of course, I wouldn’t have had time to read up on it anyway.

Why do we lawyers subject ourselves to the ordeal of trials? Once battle is engaged, there is no time to go to the dentist (there is a crown waiting) or have the car fixed (there was a real danger that next week’s appointment would pass by without being utilized). Clients and others who don’t take calls before 7 AM and after 8 PM get voice mail responses or emails. What a way to live! No wonder so many trial lawyers died of smoking and alcohol-related causes.

CLT

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