cheers

this case has been a lesson in expect the unexpected. Every time there has been a chance for something to go wacky, it has. Monday night the entire freaking town of cherry hill lost power from 9-2. And that's where our copy service was located who planned to work through the night to copy all our trial exhibits. How do you explain that to the judge? Sorry my exhibits aren't here when you ordered them judge but my copy service doesn't have a freaking back up generator?

But yesterday the truly unimaginable occurred. The case actually settled!

We are all still in shock and wandering around a little lost today, not really sure what to do with ourselves. It's like the day after the bar exam, you wake up late in a panic and your first thought is "holy shit! I have to study" and as realization hits, the next conscious thought becomes "wow...what the hell do I do now?"

But the team is walking around today feeling like a huge weight has been lifted. Our steps are lighter and minds clearer than the months that led up to this moment. We are basking in the emails praising us for a job well done. Though we all have to admit that we're a little sad to see the case end here. It settled because of the work we poured into the prep. We out argued and out prepared the other side. But it would have been fun to see it all play out in the courtroom.

Now you'll have to excuse me. I have a toast to get to, to celebrate the best damn trial team ever. Cheers.

(By the way, if you're looking for my Theme Thursday post, this isn't it. Scroll down to the "Fabrics" post below this one)