How to Talk to a Judge

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Posted On: November 9, 2009 by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

John Bratt reports in his Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog on his appellate argument before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Friday. John asked the court to affirm a jury verdict his client obtained last year in a truck accident case in Charles County, Maryland.

I agree with John that nothing is more annoying than the lawyer who pretends he is best friends with the judge - even if the lawyer is best friends with the judge. I love the whole "using the judge's first name twenty times as we discuss the case" spiel. Usually, I get your point the first ten times you used the judge's first name.

I'm not so sure I would go as far as John does in saying that calling a judge "Judge __________" in court is a bad practice. But I certainly get his point.

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