The only thing that made me write about my experience was the article that was sent to me from Ed at Blawg Review. Imagine a defense attorney challenging a witness to a fight while he is on the stand in open Court?

I sure can’t!

Norm

By the end of that matter, I wanted to smack both the husband and the wife upside their heads, send them to their rooms without supper, and ground them until they could both grow up, act like adults, play nice, and act in the best interest of the kid.

Literally, the only thing that saved my sanity during that mess was that the lawyer appointed by the husband was my best friend.

My “problem” is that when other lawyers start exploding and going overboard in front of me, I have a hard time not actually laughing directly at them, because I just don’t get why they are acting like that, and I find that complete lack of self control to be humorous.

Only once have I cursed in court…and it wasn’t out of anger, it was out of sheer bewliderment at the actions and diatribe of one of the assistant attorneys general for the state of Utah, who was generally disliked by everyone because of the way he acted. I said, “Mr. X, it IS possible be a good prosecutor without being a complete asshole.” Not proud of it, but it is funny in retrospect.

Luckily, the judge had had his fill of Mr. X as well and didn’t even say anything to me (although he did smirk a little).