I just found out one of my clients died. He stopped answering my calls and got a warrant for not showing up to court. As is expected practice, I filed a notice of withdrawal from his case after not hearing from him for a while. Unbeknownst to me until many months later, the prosecutor filed a motion to dismiss the charges the day before I withdrew from the case, citing his death. My notice to withdraw must've been seen as especially pointless and petty given those circumstances. I didn't know about any of this until today.
Hello, I just discovered you through Jesse Singal´s twitter post and have so far read two of your articles about lawyering. They brought tears to my eyes. I'm not a lawyer, but I am empathetic. My husband however is a lawyer. He's Spanish and we live in Spain. The Spanish justice system operates differently than the US system of course, and cases that go to trial are generally not as amped to nuclear level as they are in the states, both police and offenders still operate with a modicum of reason here. From what I can tell, reason really struggles to exist on the mean streets of America. Anyway, all this too say, you touched me with the story of your meth addicted client and it would be fun and interesting to have a conversation with you and my husband comparing notes about humanity, clients and the criminal justice systems you both work under. You are both sensitive to your clients and dedicated to helping them through very complicated, confusing and many times ethically challenging situations. If you ever come to Madrid, Spain, we'll buy you dinner.
Hello, I just discovered you through Jesse Singal´s twitter post and have so far read two of your articles about lawyering. They brought tears to my eyes. I'm not a lawyer, but I am empathetic. My husband however is a lawyer. He's Spanish and we live in Spain. The Spanish justice system operates differently than the US system of course, and cases that go to trial are generally not as amped to nuclear level as they are in the states, both police and offenders still operate with a modicum of reason here. From what I can tell, reason really struggles to exist on the mean streets of America. Anyway, all this too say, you touched me with the story of your meth addicted client and it would be fun and interesting to have a conversation with you and my husband comparing notes about humanity, clients and the criminal justice systems you both work under. You are both sensitive to your clients and dedicated to helping them through very complicated, confusing and many times ethically challenging situations. If you ever come to Madrid, Spain, we'll buy you dinner.