I'm spending a few days playing hooky in Oklahoma City attending the Big XII Championship for both the men and the women. Karla and I have been through two and a half days of constant basketball and it has been a blast. We saw Kansas and Kansas State get beat this morning and now we are about to walk back to the arena to see Oklahoma play Oklahoma State and Missouri play Texas Tech this evening. I have never been prouder of my home state as I have been this week. Oklahoma City really knows how to put on an event of this magnitude and the atmosphere downtown is incredible. Karla and I have got our red gear on and are ready to cheer our Sooners on to victory.
Later.
Trialdawg.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Karla
Last week was a long one for Karla and I, but I am convinced that it was longer for Karla. We defended a woman charged with what amounted to attempted first degree murder. I use “we” because she was as much a part of this case as I was. Almost everybody wonders what Karla’s job is, and I simply say "she works with me" because I can’t put a single label on what she does. Every time she and I try one of these things, I marvel at how different she is from every other woman I’ve ever met. I silently laugh because everybody in the outside world wants to talk earnestly about music, relationships, cars, homes, famous people, trends, fashion and everyday life to her as if that is the sum total of her existence. Few people have a clue what she actually does or how brilliantly she does it. The truth is, she can do ANYTHING and she is brilliant at it.
I’ll start with what was on the line last week. A woman accused of shooting her second husband in the back, with a .12 gauge shotgun. A woman, in her forties, facing a life sentence. A woman with two children she bore for a father who has since died. Two children, whose mother could go to prison for the rest of their lives. A woman who has never had a break in her entire life. A woman that every single person in this county bet against. A case with terrible facts, little hope of success and the scorn of all concerned. A woman that every person thought deserved prison, except a jury of twelve people.
Karla took this cause to heart, just like every other cause we accept. We tried this case with a friend of mine, one of the best trial lawyers I’ve ever seen. He and I marveled at all of things that Karla can do. She worked with us on strategy and came up with the WINNING strategy. She organized a trial notebook that helped us find everything at exactly the right time. She created trial exhibits that made even the State’s experts and law enforcement officers say “wow, where did you get those?” With all of the money and resources the State of Oklahoma has, Karla outperformed them at our kitchen table for less than $100.00. She sat in the Courtroom and listened to every single witness, took notes and gave us advice. She argued with passion to me that we had to do something to make this jury see things from our client's point of view, and when I didn’t have anyone to testify to that point of view, she helped me get testimony from the State's witnesses that made the jury see our client's point of view.In short, Karla helped win this case. Our client went home after a not guilty verdict.
A superhero is someone or something that saves lives. Karla helped save this woman’s life and because of her, her children have their mother back. As good as Karla is, she never brags, never asks for credit for anything and she never really tells people what she does. There is nobody else that I’d rather go to trial with, there is nobody better at everything she does and nobody looks as good as she does doing it. She is a wife, a sports nut, travel companion, math whiz, cheerleader, Ryan Newman fan, comedienne, paralegal, a fiend of all things OU, jury consultant, graphic designer, photographer, interior decorator, concert buddy, honorary trialdawg and my best friend. She is THE Superwoman.... yes she is.
Love ya babe.
Trialdawg.
I’ll start with what was on the line last week. A woman accused of shooting her second husband in the back, with a .12 gauge shotgun. A woman, in her forties, facing a life sentence. A woman with two children she bore for a father who has since died. Two children, whose mother could go to prison for the rest of their lives. A woman who has never had a break in her entire life. A woman that every single person in this county bet against. A case with terrible facts, little hope of success and the scorn of all concerned. A woman that every person thought deserved prison, except a jury of twelve people.
Karla took this cause to heart, just like every other cause we accept. We tried this case with a friend of mine, one of the best trial lawyers I’ve ever seen. He and I marveled at all of things that Karla can do. She worked with us on strategy and came up with the WINNING strategy. She organized a trial notebook that helped us find everything at exactly the right time. She created trial exhibits that made even the State’s experts and law enforcement officers say “wow, where did you get those?” With all of the money and resources the State of Oklahoma has, Karla outperformed them at our kitchen table for less than $100.00. She sat in the Courtroom and listened to every single witness, took notes and gave us advice. She argued with passion to me that we had to do something to make this jury see things from our client's point of view, and when I didn’t have anyone to testify to that point of view, she helped me get testimony from the State's witnesses that made the jury see our client's point of view.In short, Karla helped win this case. Our client went home after a not guilty verdict.
A superhero is someone or something that saves lives. Karla helped save this woman’s life and because of her, her children have their mother back. As good as Karla is, she never brags, never asks for credit for anything and she never really tells people what she does. There is nobody else that I’d rather go to trial with, there is nobody better at everything she does and nobody looks as good as she does doing it. She is a wife, a sports nut, travel companion, math whiz, cheerleader, Ryan Newman fan, comedienne, paralegal, a fiend of all things OU, jury consultant, graphic designer, photographer, interior decorator, concert buddy, honorary trialdawg and my best friend. She is THE Superwoman.... yes she is.
Love ya babe.
Trialdawg.
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