Lawyers. Has there ever been a time the opposing counsel accidentally proved your case for you?

And what happened? My favorite is a story from Jerry Spence. For those who don't know, he's a famous trial attorney.

A witness on the stand was claiming he had suffered injuries to his arm because of a city bus accident.

Jerry asked him to demonstrate to the jury how far he can lift his arm after

the accident. The witness makes a feeble effort of lifting his arm. Then Jerry asks the witness to

demonstrate to the jury how far he could lift his arm before the accident. He lifts his arm much higher.

The jury laughs and the case is over. Domestic Violence case where the husband beat the wife's senseless.

Landlord tried to evict wife for breach of lease due to the beating. Landlord claimed wife

violated lease terms by allowing police to be called to property and causing a disruption.

My argument was that as a domestic violence victim, wife is covered under VAWA and the property is HUD subsidized.

Also, MD law refers to domestic violence protections too.

Landlords' counsel during his opening talked about how my client was beaten and the police

were called in an ambulance, etc.

I just stood there looking at him.

When he finished, Judge asked if I had anything to say.

My response? No, Your Honor. I believe opposing counsel has said everything that needs to be said.

Judge smiled and ruled in my client's favor. Landlord can't evict a domestic violence victim.

My family did foster care for a few years, and we fell in love with the last girl we took in.

Now my younger sister, she was required

to keep in regular touch with her emotionally and physically abusive birth mom, the intention

being for them to eventually reunite. This woman was a horror. Every single time they interacted,

she'd spend the duration painstakingly shredding my sister's self-confidence. My parents worked hard to establish a

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