Courtroom Care
I could feel it before I could see it. I knew immediately that something was off. I walked down the courthouse corridor, unaware at first that I was walking directly down the battle line. I spotted my client and his family nervously waiting for me. I did not recognize, because they were strangers to me, that his wife and her relatives sat on the bench opposite. As soon as I stopped and stood before my client and his family I could see them all avoiding any direct glances over my shoulder. The “other side” was behind me. The tension bore
