Giving Her a Shot

The George Tennant situation marches on. I received a call from another newspaper today wanting to talk about the case. The reporter told me that he had spoken to the DA earlier and that the DA is still planning to prosecute the case. I am finding that hard to believe. I think the DA may have just said that because he is not going to announce that the case has been dismissed in a conversation with a reporter from a very small newspaper. We shall see. Hopefully, I will be talking to the DA about the case tomorrow.

Remember how I had been having trouble keeping a secretary? Well, that issue seems somewhat resolved. The two staff members I have now have been there for about two and six months, respectively. Not too bad. However, I have lost my lawyer again. This one went off to work for the Public Defender. What does it say about my firm that going to the Public Defender's office is perceived by someone as being a step up?

So I hired a new attorney. She started last Monday. Her name is Carol Bates. Carol seems to have some difficulty arriving at work on time. Other than that, I like her. She actually has already made me some money, which is a bit more than I can say for her predecessor. She seems to have that balance between actually knowing what she is doing and being able to seem like she knows what she is doing when she really doesn't. That is one of the true tricks to being a lawyer. You need to be able to seem like you know what you are talking about even when you don't. But then you also need to be able to know what you are talking about as much as possible. I had one attorney who worked for me who knew a fair amount, but never could sound like she knew more. The last one I had was very good at convincing clients that she knew what she was doing, but the fact was that she had no idea. Hopefully, Carol will be able to combine the best of those two.