Back in the day, Montgomery defense lawyer James Anderson (a great lawyer and a great guy) used to wear old button down collars to achieve that “simple poor lawyer” look. While he beat your brains out. Now I read (by way of Above the Law) about a Motion to Compel a defense lawyer from wearing shoes with holes in them to achieve a “frugal” or “simple lawyer” look.
But shouldn’t the motion be a Motion in Limine? (You know, “Sustaining objection to such XYZ would not cure the effect of such prejudice. Instead it would reinforce the impact of such prejudicial matter to the jury.”)
Apparently the Judge rejected the Motion, allowing the guy to keep his old brogans. So If James wants to get those old buttondowns out of the closet he probably can do so as well. (But he should be Attorney General of Alabama, another story for another day.)
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