Day two

So exhausted! Haven't slept more than a few hours these last couple of nights, and it's starting to get to me. Day two went very well ... much better than I thought.

The morning started out with my cross of the corporate rep of the company suing us. Personally, I wasn't too crazy about it, because the guy was being EXTREMELY difficult. Basically, he wouldn't admit the most basic things, like that his company was a hedge fund! He was lying through his teeth, and couldn't give me a "yes" or "no" answer, and it was ridiculously frustrating. So because things didn't go that smoothly, I didn't know how things came across. Oh, and it was the longest cross of my life (close to 2.5 hours!!!)

When we left the room for a break, though, my client was ecstatic! He said that he thought I had done a great job of making the guy look like a liar, and that the guy was just squirming like a weasel. (why the hell did it take me 3 tries to spell weasel??) Anywho, that was the morning. In the afternoon, they called their 2nd expert. Here's something interesting: The other side has 2 attorneys representing them at the hearing. And so far, the less experienced attorney has directed both of the experts. I would have thought the more experienced guy would have done that.

Anyway, It seems that I jacked them up, because again, my client was ecstatic. I got most of the expert's opinion excluded (at one point, I made an objection, and the arbitrator said something to the effect of: "look, counselor, I think it's clear that I'm not going to give any weight to this testimony anyway..." Afterward, I was talking to my client, and he said that if he would have had to have bet on whether I could have excluded so much of the expert's testimony, he would have bet against me. Yea, what bitches?!

So now I've got some difficult decisions to make. It's funny, because they're very mock trial-ish. I have a couple of witnesses that I'm not sure about calling, because each of them can give me some good testimony, while at the same time having some liability on cross.

Tomorrow, the other side will finish their case and I'll make a motion for a directed verdict. We'll see where that gets us, but hopefully, I'll get some of their claims kicked.

Holla!