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Injustice Anywhere . . .: Thought for the Day

By Sarena Straus, Esq.

Why I Left the DA?s OfficeI received a comment a few weeks back from "Texan": "It seems like you enjoyed working as a prosecutor. Why did you quit? I am considering entering law school but the glut of unhappy lawyers is making me think twice about it."I did love my job as an ADA and I?ve missed it since the day I left. Why I left is too hard to summarize in one paragraph. In fact, it took an entire book?my book is really about why I became an ADA in the first place, what it was like there and, ultimately, why I left -- Kind of a true crime memoir. I hope that you will all read the book but, that said, if I had to summarize in a few sentences the meat of why I left the DA?s office, I will first refer to a posting on Injustice Anywhere just a couple of weeks ago:Injustice Anywhere ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prosecutor Postscript on April 30, 2007 (boomark / email).