Breaking the Bloggin Rules

I haven't posted anything lately because I work all day on trying to finish my master bedroom/bathroom and then generally pass out shortly after I stop working for the day. Because I don't beleive my readers (down to 1 now) are interested in the mundane aspects of building a dual head shower walk in shower with diamond pattern accent tile and glass block, I haven't been posting much lately. I have also electrified my little work/storage shed and finally moved, by hand over 3,000 pounds of crap out of my back yard. (yes, I did haul it to the dump on a trailer, but it was all loaded and unloaded by hand, so make that 6,000 pounds and you will understand why my back hurts.

So, today I have to prepare an opening statement and of course, I am procrastinating. In my efforts to procrastinate, I found an article in the Young Lawyers Division newsletter from the State Bar. Here, Judge John Elligton, Georgia Court of Appeals, shares "Lessons I've Learned from the Bench." I found some of these to be very good so I thought I would post them here for you to read.

• You can do anythin in a courtroom until someobody (usually the judge) tells you that you can't.
• Just because you can do anything in a courtroom you want to, doesn't mean you have to.
• There is life outside the courthouse - get one.
• Remember, there are no original stories, just original thieves. If you see another lawyer's style you like, steal it and make it your own.
• In law and in life, it is the people you meet and the friends that you make who make the difference.
• Git-R-Done...early. ...
• Even if it is your first time doing something, act like you have done it 100 times before.
• Time is money. Although money will not buy you happiness, it will buy you are Mercedes-Benz that you can ride around in and look for happiness.
• Most appellate judges think that they are legal scholars. The truth is that they are just lawyers who once knew a governor.
• It doesn't cost anythign to be nice - to staff, baliffs, clients and othere attorneys.
• Motions for Reconsideration (MFRs), also known fondly by the court as "more fascinating reading," will be granted only when it appears the court overlooked a material fact in the record, a statute or decision which would require a different judgment from that rendered. ...
• Everybody in the world does not have a courthouse. . . .
• What we do in the judicial system is important. We deal with people's property, people's children, and people's freedom.

So there, Thank you Judge Ellington. I thought these were good nuggets of wisedom and hope you enjoyed them.