I attended a seminar today in Fayetteville. It was a replaying of a seminar which was held in Atlanta in December. The seminar was organized by a young attorney in Atlanta. Most of the speakers were young attorneys under the age of 40. Most of these attorneys were opining on trying jury cases and were speaking about the latest and best legal technologies and techniques for trying cases.
The only exceptions were two attorneys, both over fifty, and probably both over sixty. One was from Athens. The other from Vidalia. Interestingly, both of their presentations were more philosophical in presentation and more interesting to me.
The last speaker told a number of stories to illustrate his points. He was talking about how un-technological he was. That he didn't have a computer in his office. That he didn't have voice mail. That he didn't know what a blog was or how to access the internet.
He the relayed a story about when he was a boy growing up in Toombs County, Georgia. Back then when he wanted to talk to his grandmomma, he would park himself in front of a wooden box on the wall, direct the mouthpiece into his mouth, hold the earpiece to his ear, ring the ringer on the side of the box, and tell his cousin that he wanted to talk to his grandmomma. His cousin would recognize his voice and connect him to his grandmomma without a further word on his part.
Several weeks earlier, a storm had hit his office while he was out of town. One of his secretaries called him on a cell phone and told him that the office computers were out, the telephones were down and one of the secretaries' cars had been damaged. The office would be out of communication for several days while they repaired the lines.
The lawyer opined that as far as he was concerned there hadn't been much progress there over the years.
The rest of his presentation talked about the common sense lessons he had learned in trying cases over the years. His presentation made more sense to me than some of the presentations made by the younger lawyers.
About Me
- TBAYNHAMIII
- I was born in Kentucky, though my parents had been living in Knoxville before my birth. My mother's mother lived across the street from the hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which was convenient. I moved around quite a bit when I was young, but ended up in Georgia. I like to read and write and love food and drink way too much. I have a funny wife and daughter who has finished her batchelor's degree and is living with her grandmother in North Atlanta and studying advertising. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I had not gone to law school. Regrets come and go with the seasons.
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