With questions like these running through your mind, no wonder so many decide not to pursue careers as trial attorneys. There is no easy answer. As an advocate, you must consider all of these and more. Certainly, being concerned about offending the factfinder is a valid concern. Many jurors and judges both, after trial, respond that the actions of the attorney negatively impacted on their decision making process.
Jurors complain about the interruptions and breaks taken to deal with objections.
Judges complain about the number and duration of sidebars to resolve objections. As an advocate, you have many tools in your arsenal to assuage these concerns. First, make sure that the judge provides the appropriate instruction to the jurors about the role of the attorney and the purpose of objections. Jurors look to the judge as the voice of reason and respectability. Hearing this from the judge prepares the jurors for the inevitable objections to come.