A female security guard was raped and is suing the location in which the incident occurred. Naturally, I’m defending the company that insures the business she’s suing. Today, I talked to her attorney about scheduling a deposition in Knoxville (incidentally, if I have any Knoxville readers who want to get together for a beer immediately [...]
There are few endeavors at which I do not excel. Precious few. Poker, however, is one of them. I was pretty good in undergrad (read: lucky) and won some cash off several friends who drank more than I did, but now that everyone but me has been watching it on TV every week and actually [...]
I’ve written before about trying a case with my zipper unzipped, but today I’d like to disclose some of my favorite verbal blunders during cross examinations the last 4 years, just in case I ever start getting cocky about never losing at trial. 1) Plaintiff is on the stand, and I’m wanting to impeach her [...]
As I referenced in yesterday’s post, my office was a bit stressed today with the sudden vacating by an associate attorney. Even the vending machine could do no right, as it apparently took Pat’s $.65. When I walked by and saw her note for the guy who restocks it, I thought I’d try to lighten [...]
This morning, one of the attorneys in my section left our office, leaving the rest of us in collective misery as we scrambled to reply to Motions for Summary Judgment, Motions in Limine, Motions for Lotion, the Locomotion, etc. Consequently, we weren’t exactly singing Loraine’s praises today. Especially when I realized I’d be in my [...]
