[blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial

Tai Tomasi ttomasi at driowa.org
Tue Oct 10 20:59:09 UTC 2017


Hello. I suppose that could have been an option. However, my client has mobility disabilities and had traveled with significant difficulty to the hearing site. Due to her disabilities, arranging transportation is quite difficult for her. Honestly, since I knew the exhibits so well, I never even thought of postponing the hearing. I knew I could represent her well, and the judge knew of my difficulties. Had I needed to confer with my assistant, the judge would have accommodated me. As it was, we had several breaks in testimony where I could ask my assistant short questions about the material.


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Hello

Would you not have been entitled to an adjournment in the circumstances?

Kind regards

Ger

On 10/10/17, Luis Mendez via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good afternoon:
>
> You may wish to consider using a cellular equip iPad Pro or a Surface 
> Pro with access to a cloud based drive.  On the whole, it sounds like 
> you handled the situation very well.
>
> Luis
>
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> Tomasi via BlindLaw
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> Subject: [blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial
>
> Hi, all. I represented a client at an administrative hearing today and 
> my hard drive failed. I was unable to access anything on my computer. 
> I am glad that I thought ahead to put all of my questions onto my 
> Braille display and that I had prepared extensively, as I was unable 
> to bring up any of my exhibits on my Braille display. I knew them very 
> well, and I had my legal assistant with whom I could confer briefly 
> from time to time. I had all of my materials on a flash drive for easy 
> access, as well as on the computer itself. However, the exhibits were 
> too voluminous to open with my Braille display. I do not have access 
> to a Braille embosser, and the huge binder of print exhibits would 
> have been too large to reproduce and carry in hard copy Braille.
>
> Other than having a Braille display and using a legal assistant, what 
> are other techniques for handling such terrifying situations?
>
>
>
> Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
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