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A Criminal Defense Lawyer's Thanksgiving

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

I've done this post before. I didn't check the old one, but I will after I write this to see if I'm still thankful for the same things as a criminal defense lawyer.I am thankful for:1. Judges who say "don't worry sir, we'll pass your case until your lawyer gets here, I have plenty of other cases to handle."2. Clients who don't spend the entire case telling me what their "friend who's a lawyer in New York" said we should do.3. Courtroom staff who believe they have something else to do but tell lawyers to shut up all day.4. Courtroom staff who don't get annoyed just at the notion that I have something to ask them.5. Courtroom staff who don't spend all day letting everyone know they hate their job, their judge, their lives, everything.6. Lawyers who have "been doing this" for longer than me who still enjoy it, or at least don't act like they have the worst job in the world...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on November 26, 2008 (boomark / email).