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<blockquote data-quote="HankMoody" data-source="post: 1217515" data-attributes="member: 9974">Yes, in Philadelphia they do. This is a very &quot;woke&quot; city, so female attorneys assume they can show up to court looking &quot;woke&quot; and all juries will sympathize with them. They also have a tendency to get loud, obnoxious, point fingers, and get emotional to the point of being annoying. Juries hate it. What they don't realize is that juries are comprised of people who are not happy about having to take a few days off of work to hear your case, only to make $7 a day. All the piercings, the blue hair, the wrinkled suits, dog fur, jewelry, tattoos... it's all very &quot;woke&quot; but a total distraction. Even if they're liberal, they usually will set aside &quot;social justice&quot; and &quot;woke&quot; norms to try and understand the facts of the case. You don't want a jury spending their time thinking about &quot;Why didn't that lawyer get a haircut and dry clean their suit?&quot; You want them thinking about the facts of your case. When on trial, I wear a fresh pressed white shirt, blue / yellow / red / pink tie, navy blue suit, black shoes, and normal socks. I shave my face and put on glasses. Nothing too &quot;stylish.&quot; My friends are like &quot;wow, you actually look like a lawyer.&quot; This way I'm not a distraction, and I'm not hurting my client.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HankMoody, post: 1217515, member: 9974"] Yes, in Philadelphia they do. This is a very "woke" city, so female attorneys assume they can show up to court looking "woke" and all juries will sympathize with them. They also have a tendency to get loud, obnoxious, point fingers, and get emotional to the point of being annoying. Juries hate it. What they don't realize is that juries are comprised of people who are not happy about having to take a few days off of work to hear your case, only to make $7 a day. All the piercings, the blue hair, the wrinkled suits, dog fur, jewelry, tattoos... it's all very "woke" but a total distraction. Even if they're liberal, they usually will set aside "social justice" and "woke" norms to try and understand the facts of the case. You don't want a jury spending their time thinking about "Why didn't that lawyer get a haircut and dry clean their suit?" You want them thinking about the facts of your case. When on trial, I wear a fresh pressed white shirt, blue / yellow / red / pink tie, navy blue suit, black shoes, and normal socks. I shave my face and put on glasses. Nothing too "stylish." My friends are like "wow, you actually look like a lawyer." This way I'm not a distraction, and I'm not hurting my client. [/QUOTE]

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