Attorneys - Tell me about your embarrassing / bungled court experience!

[Anonymous]

either way the jury is still likely to sleep through it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I once sat at the wrong counsel's table in a roomful of attorneys that I know well and before a Judge that I know well. Another time, my DVD, which contained my expert's de bene esse depositon, would not play on the Court's DVD player. Turns out the court reporter sent me the kind of DVD that plays on a computer even though the company knew I needed it for court and the court uses regular DVD players.

There is no difference between the 2. Or were you sent a CD?

could have been a data dvd
they contain files as do a cd.
not the pp tho

[Anonymous]

I cried after my first trial in my supervisor's office. Of course it gets better. I've had many many since then. Every one is different.
No lawyer has a perfect performance but you can learn a lot from every trial.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone! Really am feeling a little better! I am just sitting here working now on getting the exhibits organized and I've been taking notes: no clothing with potentials for wardrobe malfunctions, check the de bene esse DVD before trial, sit at the right table, don't bring any family members and no aluminum exhibit binders. Oh and show up!

[Anonymous]

I fell down the stairs in my house the morning of my first appellate argument.