Had an interesting client today...

[S. Lisa Smith]

I am an attorney. Over the years I have had a number of clients who are transexuals. Mostly they come to me for civil matters, but I do court appointed criminal work and my client today had a criminal problem. Today was a the second time I've met with her. She had never responded to my initial letter and the first time I met with her was in court last week. At that time she was dressed in an androgynous manner. She was wearing trendy torn jeans a top and looked pretty bad. She had nail polish on that was in terrible shape, but I could tell that she was either a transexual or a cross dresser who was dressing en drab. (Still don't know her status.) That part was good since the warrant was taken out in her male name obviously and the judge we were going before doesn't have much patience... The case was continued to so she could get some information which would help her case. (If she had called me when I sent her the letter, we could have had it the first time, but nooooo....) I read her the riot act about how she was dressed and said, like I always do, come dressed like you were going to church.

Fast forward to today. She shows up dressed in a skirt, pretty top, high heels, necklace, the whole nine yards. She looked great, but it wasn't the look I was hoping for. ':roll:' I expected the worst from the judge, but he was amazingly cool. Although he convicted her, he allowed her to remain on bond pending the appeal. I was expecting him to revoke her bond, but he didn't.

As an aside, I had to talk to her probation officer before the hearing. I kept referring to my client as her and he said "you know he's a boy?" I said "she is presenting as a female, so I will refer to her as her." He was taken aback, I think, but he was respectful both before and after that exchange. My client heard me and was very appreciative. Couldn't tell her why I felt that way, but I kind of wanted to.

[Michelle Miller]

Reading things like this help to re-affirm, that despite how we've seen them all stereotyped as, in countless books, movies and other portrayals in media, all lawyers aren't bottom feeding ambulance chasers...we know there's at least ONE good one out there now... :D

It's just little stories like these that just brighten up a day, ya know? Good job, Lisa.

[DonnaT]

I wonder how you manage to get, what seems to be, so many trans clients? Word of mouth, maybe?

[S. Lisa Smith]

I must give off vibes....

[Paula G]

Or maybe there are just a ot of us around! This goes to show how we permiate every strata of society