See You In Court
A Trial Attorney's Look At Crazy Cases, Ludicrous Lawyering And Dubious Decisions
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If you like law and sausages, you should never watch either one being made. --Otto Von Bismarck
After more than two decades of trying a variety of cases from simple traffic tickets to federal antitrust violations, I have concluded that it is the common sense of the common men and women who fill jury boxes in courtrooms across the country that is the most sensible part of the system. More likely to undermine our judicial system are the educated attorneys, erudite judges and emotional litigants.
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There’s an old adage that goes: If you like law and sausages, you should never watch either one being made. Veteran trial attorney Gary J. Chester breaks this rule – the part about the law – with a humorous and biting look at some of the most eccentric characters and absurd cases to ever inhabit our legal system. In his insightful book, See You In Court: A Trial Attorney’s Look At Crazy Cases, Ludicrous Lawyering And Dubious Decisions, Mr. Chester introduces readers to a real-life legal system that challenges the imagination beyond any storyline or any character ever created for a television or film drama.
In See You In Court, you’ll meet a law professor who is obsessed by Nazis, a judge who finds witnesses guilty of the defendant’s crime, and people and lawyers who will sue just about anyone over just about anything. You will also learn about a judicial system that tolerates frivolous lawsuits, as well as the author’s simple suggestions for reform. See You In Court provides a rare insider’s look at what really goes on inside America’s courthouses and shatters the mystique of our respected system of jurisprudence.
About the Author
Gary J. Chester is a civil trial attorney admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York. He served as Senior Trial Attorney at the insurance giant AIG for eight years before becoming a partner in the Riverdale, New Jersey law firm of Johnson Murphy Hubner McKeon Wubbenhorst Bucco & Appelt. Mr. Chester is a contributing editor to ESPN Sportsticker, where he writes sports law features for several internet sites, and his journalism credits include The New York Times, Hartford Courant, Miami Herald, CNN and WFAN Radio. Mr. Chester holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin and a Juris Doctor in General Law from the University of Miami. He resides with his family in New Jersey.