If the Cops Don't Fit, You Must Acquit!

I am the white Johnny Cochrane.

...well, if Johnny Cochrane was still alive, that is.

What am I talking about? Well, I won my first "trial" yesterday!  Sure, it was a muncipal court criminal case for a summary offense of "Disorderly Conduct," but who's counting?  My client was looking at a $300 fine and even up to 90 days in jail.  Don't ask me how, but we won, and the charge was dropped. I really can't get into it, but let's just say that it probably had a little bit more to do with a flimsy charge than any sort of Perry Mason-esque work on my part.  That being said, I'm 1-0 in trial court.  I don't mean to cocky, but I am awesome.

I will say, though, that I don't even remember a 1/5th of the questions I asked during the quick and dirty hearing.  It was like I wasn't even thinking, almost as if I was acting on instinct. Really, really weird. Almost as though, someday, I might be good at this.

Any way you cut it, it was a cool experience, and it was one of the more satisfying moments of recent memory.

Here's hoping it's the beginning of a very long winning streak.

-apk