[blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial

[Gerard Sadlier]

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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> 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?
>
>
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