Mr. Cob, Esq.

This weekend wasn't our most productive weekend for house projects because lawyer work got in the way (sigh). I kept telling myself (and the hubby, since he was the one working) that we can't complain since in this economy, we are very lucky to both still have our jobs. It seems that every time I read any of the law blogs(especially www.abovethelaw.com) there's another story about the continued law-firm layoffs going on in every other firm. My firm hasn't been able to escape the crisis without laying off some associate in one of our offices, but I've been lucky that it hasn't gotten that bad in our Atlanta office, at least not yet. All I can do is keep doing my best on the assignments I'm given and keep chugging away - as my Aunt Becky says, "Only worry if it helps." And in this situation, worrying does not help now.

But I digress, this post is not about me. This is about my husband and his lawyering skills. I am very proud to report that all of his hard work paid off and they successfully won their hearing this morning and kept an innocent woman from being arrested!!! Even with all the stress and emotion that goes in to being a trial attorney and dealing with families, I often think that his line of lawyering must be more personally rewarding than mine. I don't get too emotionally attached with any of my institutional clients, whereas he gets to know the families and really makes a difference in their lives. If it hadn't been for Todd, this mom of two could very possibly have gotten arrested and gone to jail for something she did not do.

However, his case brought to light another seemingly silly thing about the state of Georgia. While we all already know you can't buy alcohol on Sundays in this Bible Belt state and Gay Marriage will probably never be legalized in GA, I learned something from his case that I never knew (yes, even after 3 years of law school and 2 years of lawyering, there are many things about law that I do not know. Contrary to most non-lawyer's beliefs, us lawyers do not know all things law...and I do not do anything close to litigation and shyed away from those classes in school, so I know very little about trail work). Well, rather than taking out a civil suit against someone you think has harmed you personally (which would be the rational thing to do), Georgia provides that any citizen can file, for $10, criminal charges against someone and then it goes before a judge to decide if the charges have merit and are worthy of being prosecuted. This is just preposterous to me. I really hope some of the great friends (and lawyers) I made in law school decide to enter politics in Georgia and change some things in this state!

But I'm so proud of my love!!! So here's to you Mr. Cob - You are my "Litigator of the Day"!!!