“But This is My LIFE”

The office is quiet again. The past two and a half weeks here in the office of Bugden and Isaacson have been just that; quiet and hopeful. The hearts and souls of the geniuses I work for have been in a federal courtroom fighting for freedom, fairness, and justice.
 Sometimes here, I feel like wallpaper. I just watch, listen, and type from audiotapes. Yes, it’s interesting, but it is a rare case when I get to interact with the people whose lives are affected by what we do around here. That’s why this one is different.

 Our client has literally been in our office for the past month and a half working on his own case right beside us. 40 hours a week, just like us. (Don’t get me wrong, I don’t do anything really important, after all, I’m just an assistant, but it always feels more like a team here so “us” is completely appropriate in my mind.) It began to get difficult separating my emotions from this case. It’s especially difficult with this client. He came in everyday with a smile, he was always polite when he needed help, and I kid you not, I never heard him say a mean thing about anyone. I believe it is a true testament to his character. When he could have been abrupt, mean, impolite, impatient, or rude because he was feeling vast amounts of stress, He was kind.


I didn’t want to care, but in reality have had a big fat silent prayer in my heart, “not guilty, not guilty, not guilty, ……” I only prayed the jury would see the innocence we knew after looking at the facts.


The jury came back on 2 counts today.




We members of the jury find the Defendant not guilty…..


 Our client during the trial had said “In any other circumstance this [process] would be interesting, but this is my LIFE.” We know, we really wanted you to have that life back.