Real nuggets from my travels around the Cook, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 19th circuits…
*Lawyers and restrooms. Heard this one sitting in a domestic relations courtroom recently, not my case but sounded like a pre-decree dissolution of marriage. The respective spouses’ attorneys were really arguing about which spouse should be allowed to use which bathroom on the second floor of the marital residence which is currently being shared. Though I found this give-and-take amusing as I sat in the jury box waiting for my case to be called I thought, this really shouldn’t happen. This isn’t always possible but generally I would suggest that lawyer must impose his will on situations about things he simply won’t do. I remember having a dissolution early in my career with an older attorney and his comment being, I’m not fighting over the furniture…good point.
*Lawyers sponsored by Dorothy. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown that is…I was on the Website today and noticed lawyer advertisements on the front page. Good marketing opportunity? Quite possibly, I’d like to hear some experiences.
*Time/money wasted on civil status hearings…that’s almost criminal. Granted this is very antidotal, primarily because I’ve probably represented 500 people in various civil legal matters over the last 8 years and am currently a part of my very first criminal matter down at 26th and California, but I’m just asking, why can we simply call a judge’s coordinator to continue cases down at the criminal court yet the dreaded “status hearing” remains oh so popular in civil land?
August 14, 2009
If a couple has to hire attorneys to fight over which spouse can use which bathroom that couple should not be living under the same roof. Perhaps the attorneys should tell their clients they are not going to get involved in toilet usage and advise that one or both move out and sell the house as soon as possible.