Long lost friend/client

Today in court I saw a lot of people who came back from summer vacation. Some I like, many I don’t. That’s just how things are around here. To be honest I interact with a lot of people I don’t like. This has taught me patience, tolerance and how to be a a hypocrite from time to time. This I hate, but there’s no way around it. If I tell everyone how I feel about them the following could happen. a. No one will care since the don’t like me either, b. I will have more enemies than your typical defense attorney, c. Things will be more tense than they usually are around the courthouse. So I try to be as nice as I can without feeling stupid. Mainly for my clients sake.
I do like some people... just not many. My secretaries are great and so is my business partner. There are a few lawyers I like. Mostly those that are cordial and don’t take it personal when we go against each other. I usually have great relationships with my clients and with other officers of the court. So my days are not bad.
One great thing about my job is that I get to meet important people. Iv’e been starstruck a few times by celebrities that have hired me to represent them. I get over it after a while but it’s really cool. Not that I have represented many but when I do I try to focus on their case and their problem before I began to ask them about their lives as celebrities.
The other day an athlete that I admired as a teenager came into my office and needed some legal help. I can’t give you the name or the issue but it’s an interesting situation, if you care to know. I love sports and still collect baseball and basketball memorabilia. I have some of this athlete turned client. I can’t wait till the case is over so I can ask for an autograph. If I do it now he might think I’m an idiot.

There’s a little story I wanted to share with you. You might not think much of this but I find it amazing.
Since Facebook and Myspace to over the cyber world I have been able to get in contact with most of my old classmates and childhood friends...well...not really friends, just people I knew. I have found just about everyone I have cared to search for. There is one dude I haven’t been able to contact and the other night I was thinking about him. He was a kid from elementary school. I remember him because his mom would visit us during lunch everyday and bring us snacks and hang with us during our break. This was during grades 1,2,3 but I’ve always thought that her presence at school kept me from getting beat up by the older kids. I was a short kid with a big mouth and really smart (emphasis on was). This got me in trouble sometimes since I usually spoke my mind. But although I remember not being liked by some big tough 5th and 6th graders. They never got to me because my friend’s mom was always around.
So the other night my daughter woke me up at about 3 am and while I was rocking her back to sleep I was thinking about this long lost friend. After putting my baby to sleep, I went to bed and had a weird dream. I dreamt I had found my friend at a party, the thing is that in my dream he looked like a former client. It was a client I represented about 3 years ago and I wasn’t sure of his name.
When I got to my office I searched my secretary’s computer for the file and I couldn’t believe what I was reading. It was him, my lost friend had been my client and I never put the pieces together. I can’t name him for obvious reasons but It was so weird. He was someone I had searched for and googled a few times. I really wanted to see him and see what he had done with his life. He had been in my office many times, we went to court together 6 or 7 times and I never thought he was my friend.
I have called him a few times to tell him but he hasn’t returned my calls. My secretary says he won’t call back because he still owes me some money from the services I provided. I did win his case...