[blindlaw] attention criminal lawyers who work in courts

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

I have to agree about JAWS not working well with WordPerfect which is a 
shame as it worked very well in earlier versions and there is still many 
things that WP does that is superior to Word.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Geihsler" <sbg at sbgaal.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] attention criminal lawyers who work in courts


>i did not lose my viasion until 4 years after law school so I can't speak 
>to
> the challenges in law school for a blind person.  I have appeared in front
> of the 5th circuit twice, the court of appeals in Amarillo.  I have not
> appeared before the Texas supreme court, but the highest court of criminal
> appeals in Texas is the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals not the Texas
> Supreme Court.  I have not appeared in front of the TCCA either.  I do 
> trial
> work for misdemeanors and felonies.  I went to Duke School of Law in 
> Durham
> North Carolina and now practice in my home city of Lubbock, Texas.  Jaws 
> and
> Word are easy to use.  As far as brief writing I do not like Word as much 
> as
> I liked Wordperfect, but Jaws and wordperfect do not work well together.
> Wordperfect is much better for doing tables of contents and tables of
> authorities.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Shannon
>
> Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC
> 1001 Main St., Suite 803
> Lubbock, TX 79401
> Phone: 763-3999
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of RJ Sandefur
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:27 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] attention criminal lawyers who work in courts
>
> I'd be interested how you prepare briefs in word using Jaws Have you 
> argued
> before the Supreme court of Texas? And What law school did you attend? I'm
> thinking about going in to law. I'm 32 years old. RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shannon Geihsler" <sbg at sbgaal.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] attention criminal lawyers who work in courts
>
>
>>I do criminal defense work in the courtroom and I use a laptop with jaws
>>and
>> a Nokia smart phone with talks.
>>
>> I would be interested in knowing if there is other technology out there
>> that
>> might be helpful.
>>
>> I also have the KNFB reader, but I am not happy with it'.
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Shannon Geihsler
>>
>> Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC
>> 1001 Main St., Suite 803
>> Lubbock, TX 79401
>> Phone: 763-3999
>> Fax: 749-3752
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Vaughan Roles
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:40 AM
>> To: blindlaw
>> Subject: [blindlaw] attention criminal lawyers who work in courts
>>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Is there any totally blind criminal lawyers on list who regularly
>> appear in high volume court lists? If so, could you drop me an email
>> letting me know what technology you use.
>>
>> -- 
>> Vaughan Roles
>> Ph: 0425211038
>>
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