Thursday, May 22, 2008

Being ready

I am sitting waiting in the office, waiting for a hearing at the Magistrate Court this afternoon. I don't get to punch my fist into my other hand, like I did when I was playing football. I don't get to warm up by running up and down the court and throwing basketballs through the hoop, like I did when I was playing basketball. No, instead, I look over my papers and run the points I wish to make through my mind. It would be so much better if it was more physical.

In about thirty minutes, I will be with my client in the waiting room in Magistrate Court and the judge will come forward and call us in to the hearing room. We will sit down in our chairs at our respective tables. We will be given the opportunity to discuss the case between us. In this case, nothing will be resolved. Perhaps I will get a glimmer of what he thinks his case is about.

Then we will do battle.

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