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[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I guess if we were wealthy enough to afford a house in the suburbs and a dog and

Pet or for food?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I forgot why you're trying to get out of it, but am I the only one who isn't bothered by jury duty?

TM

No. I'd love to get on a jury and see what happens in the room. Though it might make me quit my job.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I always check these in the Bar and the Alumni mags just to keep up on any moves that I may have made but am not acutely aware of.

do you update for all of your socks or just the ones you had during LS?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I didn't really know that I would end up with a weird schedule in September.

Do you remember the 21st night of september?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away.....

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I always check these in the Bar and the Alumni mags just to keep up on any moves that I may have made but am not acutely aware of.

Would you like for me to start checking the Virginia magazine for you in case you inadvertantly are moved there? Would you be more likely to move to Northern Virginia, Richmond or "Everywhere Else"?

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Do you remember the 21st night of september?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away.....

Oh, what a night, late December back in '63
What a very special time for me
As I remember what a night!
Oh what a night..

[Paisley]

Originally posted by SEC_Chick
That only works if they ask you questions. Last time I was picked for jury duty the only question I answered was the one about whether anyone was a lawyer. They asked me what kind of law I practiced and made sure it wasn't criminal. I was shocked that I had to sit in a week-long trial for child molestation.

Of course, anyone who claimed to have been molested was dismissed, but there were a bunch of those already and it felt wrong to lie about something like that when the woman next to me went up to the judge in tears. Maybe if I had said I do some white collar stuff in connection with the securities I would have been dismissed.

That ain't nothing. I got stuck on a 6 week (6 WEEK!!!) felony murder trial. Being a lawyer doesn't help at all. In fact, if you're with a firm (or at least a decently sized one), I think it hurts because they know the firm will give you the time.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
We have a new bookclub on Politics. The Looming Tower. PM Ty to join.

You don't need to PM me, although it will give me that certain frisson if you do. Just read the book and start posting whenever about it whenever that starts.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You don't need to PM me, although it will give me that certain frisson if you do. Just read the book and start posting whenever about it whenever that starts.

the pm was going to be about box wine.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You don't need to PM me, although it will give me that certain frisson if you do. Just read the book and start posting whenever about it whenever that starts.

What is the book about?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I would love to get on one- a short one, not some OJ thing. But I will never be allowed on one, unless I first get into the box after challenges are done.

Do they let you out if you're a trial lawyer?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Paisley
That ain't nothing. I got stuck on a 6 week (6 WEEK!!!) felony murder trial. Being a lawyer doesn't help at all. In fact, if you're with a firm (or at least a decently sized one), I think it hurts because they know the firm will give you the time.

My fave jury selection story goes like this........

While at my biggest big law I'm involved as behind the scenes on a trial of a grandma against a big company for copyright and trade dress. Our trial guy decides only he'll be in court. any help will come outside during breaks AND he dresses almost shabby. His idea is to convince it's David v. Goliath and the Grandma can only afford some 1800 lawyer schmuck. We thought the other side would have 3 or 4 lawyers in court all day every day.

Prospective jurors come in, and the judge asks "do any of you have relatives at either lawfirm?" one says, "my BIL, Jack Doe, works at a downtown firm, but I don't know the firm's name."

Judge asks if JD works at either firm- the bad guys say no, my guy says "I don't know your honor, there are too many people at my firm, I'll have to check."

Cover blown. But at least I got to wear a good suit and since at the Plaintiff's table.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Would you like for me to start checking the Virginia magazine for you in case you inadvertantly are moved there? Would you be more likely to move to Northern Virginia, Richmond or "Everywhere Else"?

Yes, I have always had an affinity for NoVA. Stay alert on that front. Indeed.

Carry on.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I forgot why you're trying to get out of it, but am I the only one who isn't bothered by jury duty?

I like it, but like RT I've almost always left a state before they summon me.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
do you update for all of your socks or just the ones you had during LS?

All, it wouldn't be fair not to. Although not all of them went to lawschool. I think one was a paralegal.