Verdicts

I saw it with my own eyes, and I remember it today. But now I'm not sure about the connection. Plus, 7 other things worth your time.

My first real legal job, a year out of law school, was with the U.S. Department of Justice. I was a trial attorney in the civil section of the tax division.

My cases were all over the Pacific Northwest, but I was based in Washington, DC, part of a team reporting to a very experienced lawyer who had been doing this kind of work forever.

By “forever,” I mea…