“John” writes in today with a request to female litigators.

“I’m a new solo practitioner right out of law school. I handle mostly criminal matters. When things are slow, I’ll go to the courthouse to watch a case or two and try to learn some trial techniques. Today, an assistant DA was doing a really good job presenting his case. Defense counsel was having a hard time with her objections. It seems she was getting on the judge’s nerves because whenever she missed an objection, the judge would just call out “sustained” and give her a look that said “pay attention, please.” By the time she rested, it was pretty obvious that she was going to lose (at least from my point of view). Well, during her closing argument, she started crying and basically begging the jury to find her client innocent. It was unbelievable! It wasn’t even that kind of an emotional case. We’re talking simple assault here. I was embarrassed for her, but, at the same time, I was a little angry. I think it is so beneath any female attorney to try and shed a tear on cue just to win a case. Do you think it would be acceptable if men did this? I wish you could have seen the look on her face after her little drama act. She looked so confident that her boo-hoo-ing had worked. She kept dabbing tissues at her eyes, even though the tears had long dried. I just wanted to share this and say: Female attorneys….DO BETTER!”

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