Effective and proper representation requires solid independent judgment based on a lawyer's own thorough and thoughtful preparation.
Civility is essential.
Talking down to jurors is a mistake. Their intelligence usually equals and often surpasses ours. Law governing jury view of crime scene. Constitutionality of municipal statute indirectly affecting U.S. foreign affairs. The local law which added the name of a jailed Nigerian dissident's slain wife to a street corner in New York across from a building owned by the Nigerian government, does not violate U.S. Constitution article VI which prohibits a state or municipality from enacting any law in conflict with the laws of the United States and which mandates that the federal government has exclusive power to conduct foreign affairs.