I have been in court all week, hence my lack of posts here, and thus the lack of Around the Horn Friday on Friday. Luckily, it was a slow week, what with the Memorial Day Holiday. So next Friday, I will post an extra large Around the Horn Friday for your reading pleasure.
For those that don’t know, being on trial is not as glamorous or interesting as it appears on TV. It becomes your life. You are at the office from before dawn to get together whatever it is you need before heading to the courtroom at 9:30. Then you rush back to the office for a quick lunch and email and voicemail check. And then you are in court again from 1 until 5. Then you meet with the Judge in his chambers to go over any pending motions to exclude evidence or objections to evidence. That lasts until 6 or so. Then back at the office to prepare for the next day of testimony, which usually lasts until 11 or later, and usually later. You don’t eat right. You don’t sleep. You don’t read what you don’t have to read, which means the whole of the internet. You don’t watch what you don’t have to watch, which means the whole of TV. But it is what they pay us for.