[blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial

[Gerard Sadlier]

Fair play so.

On 10/10/17, Singh, Nandini via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Wanted to clarify that solid state disks are indeed more reliable than the
> traditional moving hard drive. However, I do not think many businesses use
> this kind of memory. It is not clear to me why that should be, since memory
> is fairly inexpensive now.
>
> For really time critical documents, I like to save them in both my local
> hard drive and on the firm's cloud. However, I would need a second laptop if
> for some reason I could not get my first unit to operate correctly.
>
>
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> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan Beitz
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> Ouch!  There isn't an easy answer to that. I do find that business laptops,
> as opposed to the lower-priced consumer models, tend to be more reliable.
> Also, I expect but do not know for sure, that SSD hard drives are less
> likely to fail than the normal spinning platter type.  One option is to have
> a backup laptop that your assistant carries.  Luckily, this is not likely to
> happen often. I have been practicing for 25 years, and it has never happened
> to me.  Computers are like anything else. When they get old, they become
> less reliable.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi
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> Subject: [blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial
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> 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?
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