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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's luck of the draw.

DH and I have lived in NOVA for 20 years now. This past year I was called up for fed jury duty (and ended up not having to serve). He's never been called up.

[b]We're both lawyers, so I'm guessing we'd get kicked off by one side or the other anyway.[/b] But yeah, neither of us called up for 20 years, until me the past year and they didn't need my pool of jurors for a trial at all.[/quote]

DC is the only place where you aren't likely to get excused just because you're a lawyer. There are too many of us here. [/quote]

Everyone says this--it's one of those things people repeat again and again. But the lawyers usually do get booted. [/quote]

I’ve been called 4 times in 15 years. Two different judges (one in DC Superior and one in federal court) made a point to say that lawyers aren’t automatically going to get excused (it made everyone chuckle at the time, but it’s frustrating because in every other city I’ve lived in, lawyers automatically get excused). I’ve also had colleagues serve. I’m sure there are some DC lawyers who have gotten booted from the outset, but I don’t think that’s the norm.[/quote]

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