Times Guest Columnist
COVID has certainly made for an unprecedented situation for lawyers, as well as for our Judges who try to maintain a semblance of order amidst overwhelming disorder that COVID has imposed. Court proceedings have always been about in-person proceedings where we are able to personally confront opposing parties , their witnesses, and sometimes a judge. Rules of practice never envisioned âZoomâ or its myriad of side-effects, which facilitate attorneys talking over judges or recording attorney facial expressions of disdain and discomfort when the attorney thinks he is in the privacy of his own home. Although it has been unintentional, I plead guilty to both.