Very appealing.

Lots of appellate happenings this week!

I learned late on Friday that I won one of the cases I argued in Salt Lake City in March. This was a hugely satisfying result, and makes me 2 for 2 in cases out of Kansas (3 for 3 if you count the case I successfully remanded back to the district court for further proceedings, without getting to any appellate consideration of the issues).

Tuesday's argument went smoothly, both in terms of audio accommodations and in terms of getting my points made, despite some procedural wackiness that limited my available argument time. And now I am so, so ready for my Great Big Argument tomorrow morning. It turns out that I will have quite the fan club rooting for me in the peanut gallery - my parents, my best friend, a posse from the office, one of my clients' state-court attorneys, and assorted groupies. Needless to say, I can't flop.

Surgery looms on Tuesday. I find myself thinking:  "The next time I [go to court/rock climb/attend an ADL board meeting/do laundry/whatever], I'll have a computer chip in my head." Strange feeling, this. In the anticipation, this feels like such a HUGE, life-changing event. I hope that the actual experience turns out to be rather more nuanced.

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[fish]

heh heh... you'll just be ahead of your time. the rate things are going, someday we'll all have computer chips in our heads so we can be easily tracked.

[Caz]

Bravo on your work accomplishments. (re: your next entry) -I'm working at my state's Court of Appeals now, and I can't even imagine getting something into our chambers that is praiseworthy-- very impressive. But not surprising.

Best of luck with the surgery this week. You're in my thoughts, I hope everything goes great. Very exciting!