Dylan the defense lawyer wants a second deposition. We provided photographs that he hadn’t seen before. So he wants to reopen the deposition. Instead of protesting, my position is feel free. Client is disabled and lives
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Technology is changing the way we are able to visualize everything. This 3D imaging study shows a picture that makes more sense to us than would a simple xray.
In this case, a worker was killed on the job when he was installing a defective device. The electrical system in the piece of equipment had been negligently manufactured. When he started to install it, the device shorted and launched like a rocket into his face. He survived the impact but died in the hospital about a month later.
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Alarm goes off. Am already conscious. Tissues surround me. Am ill.
Have to be in court by 8:45. Go through the motions. Get there in time. Judge S is late. We are set to argue before a jury trial starts at 9. They are at the voir dire phase. The prosecutor and defender are chatting.
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Am in an absolutely foul detestable mood. The stupid office servers have had a "catastrophic failure." 24 hours ago and counting.
Can feel blood pressure increasing. Stomach is sitting at base of throat. Have a prehearing statement of proof due today. Am growling orders. Punching numbers on the phone. One after the other. Apologize for being so awful. Then go back to being horrible.
Read MoreI wrote this blog then lost the whole blasted thing. Tis sits about how my iPad experience is going. Humbling.
Am deep in the world of free apps. Used Zite to create a magazine of things that interest me. some of which already don't and are destined for the delete key. Now have an alarm clock that tells the weather. My favorite tho is the kissing kitties am going to send them to my girls.
Read MoreI am in DC at an ugly hotel for AAJ. I have made the plunge and decided to leave my laptop at home. This will force me to rely solely upon the iPad that I've been dabbling with since December. Leaving the laptop is like leaving one of my arms. I'm bereft and a little scared.
So far I'm most underwhelmed by typing on this thing. ILife to type fast and as you can see do not have the technique down yet. Actually it's getting better but still is too slow andtoo many mistakes.
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The lawyer is incensed.
Has come up to the podium to speak to me following a CLE presentation to the WSBA (state bar association).
I can't believe any defense lawyer would ever let you show a PPT like that in court! He is practically gasping for breath. So angry.
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If you speak it and don’t show it; the auditory learners will get it, the kinetic learners might get it, but the visual learners probably won’t. If you speak it and show it – the positive impact on understanding and retention is dramatic.
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