What's the worst way you've seen a person self-destruct in court?

I took my ex to court because she had used my social security number to sign up for cable.

I found out about it when she stopped paying for the service. She screwed herself over by just being

herself. We showed up to court, I turned in the contract from the cable company,

showing my social security number and her own name

signed on the contract. She didn't even try to forge my signature. She signed her own name in

and tried to deny that she had had any part in it. The judge tore her apart, and it was nice.

Represented a guy that stole three trucks from his work. Only two were recovered before trial.

He showed up to a motion hearing in the third one. I'm doing landlord-tenant cases, and my client

was facing eviction over non-payment, but the client was withholding rent payments because of

habitability issues in the department. No heat, high lead levels, vermin. This is going to be an easy win for me.

I told my client continually to make sure they don't spend the money. Keep it, but don't spend it.

Because if you showed the judge you still have the money, it looks really good for you in terms of

making the judge believe that you're withholding for good reasons. We get up in front of the judge, the landlord doesn't have an attorney, so I'm dancing inside.

There's no way I can lose. I make my arguments and the landlord makes his. Judge asks my client

if they still have the money. The client goes, nah, I blew that crap at the casino last week.

My wife is the lawyer. When children reach the age of majority, if they don't continue studying and start working, it's not necessary to pay alimony.

My wife's client found a new lover, which unleashed the wrath of the ex-wife, who started asking for more alimony for her children.

Well, to win the case, it was necessary to prove that the children were working, but they could not get any proof of it.

There was not much chance of winning, but they still went to court hoping that with the interrogations, they could find information that would put them in evidence.

On the day of the trial, the children did not go, only the mother and her lawyer were present.

The judge said,

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