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Bless The Divorce Lawyers

By Brian Tannebaum

"I could never do what you do." I hear that weekly.I have always said the same thing about divorce lawyers.Some of the stuff you all argue over, not to mention the constant "he dropped the kid off 3 minutes late, I want to go to court" after hours phone calls, make me wonder if you have the most difficult job as a lawyer.So yesterday I reaffirm this notion when I'm in court on a restraining order hearing that is traveling along with my clients arrest for battery.We come to an agreement on a short-term injunction. We agree to stay away from her, her house, her parents house, her family, all the typical stuff. Then, comes the portion of the hearing where I try to keep from laughing, or crying, but the eye rolling is fast and furious.Judge: "What about all these clubs and restaurants?"Me: "Judge, they both frequent these places and she would like him to stay out of them, although when the initial temporary order was signed it said he must stay 25 feet away if he's there at the same time as her...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on December 11, 2007 (boomark / email).