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War is not fair. Battle onward.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Jon Katz in front of the old Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia courthouse.  Trial is war, and war is not fair. Therefore, trial warriors must transcend the unfairness on the road to victory, by focusing on being battle-ready at all times with knowledge, skill, persuasiveness, hard work, having all necessary weapons, knowing how to use them, and knowing when to keep them sheathed and unsheathed.  Behind me in the above-displayed video is the old and shuttered courthouse in Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia. It would be nice if the horrible, painful history of slavery and Jim Crow that was enforced in this courthouse could be erased merely by boarding up the building for good. It is not as easy as that. Certainly, trial practice in Virginia brings lawyers face-to-face with a recently restored rifle-pointing Confederate soldier statue at the Loudoun County courthouse (without being offset with a civil rights-related statue nor sign), a high-quality engraving of Robert E...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on May 31, 2010 (boomark / email).