In a case where 100s of depositions need to be taken, we asked the City of Seattle and King County to agree that instead of hiring a videographer plus a court reporter for each zoom deposition. That we be allowed to push the record button during the zoom session.
Predictably the answer was(a shocked): oh no! No no no. Pushing the zoom button will just not do.
Read MoreHead over the bridge to Bellevue. Enter the parking garage. The gates are up. A sign is taped over the ticket machine. Free parking. Slide into a spot. Walk a few feet to the entrance. It is all so clean and perfect and sterile as heck. Miss the cracked sidewalks, scores of people, and general dishabille of King County Superior Court at 3rd and Stewart. Even the long and twisty security lines. We are set up and ready to zoom voir dire.
Read MoreBy far the biggest challenge in our covid trial is the mask situation. Never mind that we are in a convention center conference room. Or that the jury is spread out across the ballroom floor. This is from my trial diary - day 1.
The defense lawyer is a distraction. Or rather his facemask is. It is dark blue with a design that looks like either big diamonds or a faux Louis Vuitton print. Can’t quite decide if it is garish or neat. It is for certain bold. And has me transfixed.
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