February 09, 2004
My Life of Glamour
Sometimes when I talk to people, I get the impression that they think being a litigator is glamorous. You want to talk about glamour?
Last week and this week I'm in depositions. Attending the depositions themselves isn't too bad. I know how to defend my clients, and the deponents are usually nice (with few exceptions).
The bigger issue is that these depositions usually take place in less than exciting locales. Last week, I was in Mount Hermon, LA. Mount Hermon's only claim to fame is that it is next door to Kentwood, LA, home of Britney Spears (a dubious distinction, to be sure, but it's all theirs). Tomorrow, I am headed to scenic Jennings, LA, about twenty miles west of nowhere.
To add excitement to these exotic ports of call, there's always the circumstances surrounding the homes you get to visit. Most of the time, if you're travelling 2+ hours to some godforsaken town, it is because the deponent is too ill to travel and is thus homebound. I have spent more time sitting on the floors and folding chairs of trailers, tin houses that almost blew away (with me in them) and at people's bedsides than I spent visiting my relatives last year. My deposition in Mount Hermon last week was a perfect example.
We finally arrived at the plaintiff's house after quite a bit of searching -- his gravel street doesn't have a street sign, and his house doesn't have a house number. Fortunately, all of the lawyers in these cases know each other, so when one of us finds the house, they usually stand outside and flag down the other lost lawyers. We all got there and piled into his house. This is the point where I always feel sorry for the deponents. Even though they've filed a large lawsuit, they never seem to be prepared for the parade of attorneys that files into their kitchen and living room and promptly spreads out like they're about to start the trial right there next to the refrigerator.
We got situated and finally got the deposition underway. The plaintiff's lawyer is a friend of mine. She's from Dallas, and wears these sophisticated, expensive dresses and high heeled shoes everywhere she goes. After navigating the gravel street in her heels, she then sat next to her client and had to kill the roaches that were crawling across the kitchen table during his testimony. No, I'm not kidding.
Is anyone available to go to Jennings for me tomorrow?
Posted by Kitty at February 9, 2004 12:38 PM
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I would love to be there to go in your place. But then again, the only reason I want to be there, is to be with you.
So, have fun in Jennings! *kiss*
Posted by: Justin at February 10, 2004 02:41 AM
Yeah, I'll go. Couldn't be any worse than where I grew up in Abilene, TX.
Posted by: Big Daddy at February 10, 2004 09:18 AM
Josh: I only said it was 20 miles west of nowehere because I didn't think you actually read my blog. :) I retract my statement. It is 20 miles west of the frog capital of the world. Better?
Big Daddy: I've been to Abilene. It's a toss-up.
Greyheadedstranger: I've been to Independence, as well. When you were there, did you walk uphill both ways? ;)
Posted by: Jennifer at February 10, 2004 04:05 PM
Twice a day to school and back, could never explain how it occurred, so just accepted the mystique of a quaint southern town that worships "strawberries".
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