Pro Motion III

I'm no longer a supervisor. I'm not going to be spending my days helping out all the new attorneys in State Court. I have been moved to Superior Court Attorney.

It's strange, I was in my current position for 3 months. I was thinking that it was going to be closer to a year here. But, when the bosses say to move, you move. Here, Superior Court means any felonies that end up in your trial courtroom. So, I've moved on from DUI and Criminal Trespass and I'll have everything from Forgery and Burglary to Murder and Armed Robbery. My last employer had me in a similar courtroom, and it went fine I guess. So, I'm prettty sure I'm ready to tackle this new placement. I was sort of getting used to life as a supervisor though. This might cut down on my coffee runs!

Supervising

I'm now a supervisor. I don't know if I should celebrate or not. For the past several weeks I've been training the new attorneys who are each in a trial courtroom for the first time. It's actually been pretty fun. I like the educational and training stuff a lot. It has been a bit stressfull trying to get them all ready for their own case loads, but I think they're all ready. Today is a first trial calendar for one of them. I'm so proud! I'm on call in case she freaks out, but I think she'll do fine.

My duties have shifted away from my own trials as well. I am now assigned to more than one diversion court, including one for DUI cases. I've never been able to sit in on a treatment court before, and so far so good. It is encouraging to see a judge in such a positive role with defendants.

If only my new job came with a raise!

State Court

Life is relatively uneventful in state court. I have a trial week next week, but I only have 4 trials listed, and only one will go forward. That one is a harassing phone call case where defendant has been in jail for over a year on this case and another felony chage.

The brief moments of excitement and stress are tempered by these long stretches of the mundane.... Preparing for trials that won't go forward is definitely boring boring boring. I geuss it's better than having 40 cases on the trial calendar.