I can't even remember what the "crime" was or who was even being accused. I think it was a nigger committing a crime against another nigger. Who knows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49647419)

Holy shit it was such a terrible experience in every way. I hate law and lawyers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49647431)

As a first chair our client was waving out the window and didn’t stop and slammed into car in front of him in concrete truck. My client driver didn’t show for trial. Pl attorney was buddies w judge and judge let him do whatever he wanted. Batson challenged me bc we struck the lone black woman. We said she was wearing a hoodie and didn’t seem like she wanted to be there. Pl attorney said no way, bailiff would never let that happen and we’re lying. Judge grants his motion even though we literally gave a non racial reason for the strike. Jurors march back in, lady wearing her hoodie. Bailiff made a big deal about going over and telling her to take it off. We struck her again and they didn’t say shit.

Jury came back w verdict for past meds and future surgery estimate ($550k) but wanted to pop my guy for punitives. Even asked to come back following day for punitive arguments. Client freaks we offer $1m to settle. Pl attorney turns it down. Jury comes back with $25k in punitives lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49647569)

Overall, I loved doing them. The procedural part wasn't bad. The judge explained what the procedure was as we were going through it, so I didn't have to know a lot about that.

What I did have to know was how to appeal to 12 members of the general public who knew nothing about law. It was very refreshing to make arguments to normal people as opposed to some law dweeb judge. At the same time, everything that happened in court mattered a lot, so it was very intense. I thought about almost nothing else for the week of trial, both times.

I did both these cases on contingency, so the adrenaline from hearing that we won was insane.

One thing that I will say, OP. I usually represent the underdog in a case, and that was definitely true here. I ruthlessly tried to strike anyone from the jury pool who was middle class or above. Proles are my bread and butter. Both times, I let a professional slip through, and he was the one hold out that my proles spent their time converting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49648042)

Hired an expert who used the minutia of defendant’s expert testimony to review the traffic light sequences and declare their version of events impossible. Defense verdict.

3 days in Torrance courthouse. It was a good experience. A lot easier to defend these cases than convince a jury some client needed $15k injections from a 3 mile per hour car crash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49648152)

I did not prevail, but would have voted to evict him as well. One juror voted not to evict. He got a defense that would have cost at least $30k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49648883)

It's all been downhill since.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49648928)

Once you cash the check please make a thread describing the exact moment you found out your client was engaged in tax fraud.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831102&forum_id=2\u0026show=my#49649051)