27 days from now I'll be opening oral arguments before the Colorado Supreme Court with that little saying. Gulp. Unless my client settles. Which seems unlikely. I'm 70% excited, 30% freaked out and 100% frightened. I'm lucky. Many attorneys don't get an opportunity to do this. I love oral arguments, so that's why I'm excited. I'm 30% freaked out because that will help me keep my edge - and who wouldn't be freaked out? This isn't oral argument before law school professors. The 100% frightened - if I can't pursade the justices, my client may lose a whole lot of water. And this isn't law school, this is a living breathing for-real client - a ranching family who I really have come to like so well. A negative outcome could hurt them for generations to come.
I was thinking last night about writing the traditional end of the year goal update post and new goals for the future. And I wasn't feeling all that inspired. When I read the order from the Court scheduling oral arguments, it struck me. This year has been less about running and a whole bunch more about work. I just ended my fourth year of practice as a water attorney and my responsibilities grew very much this past year. I got to write a brief before the United States Supreme Court. And now oral arguments before the Colorado Supreme Court a few weeks away. I was ready to write off 2011 as an uninspired year. Not anymore.
No worries, I'll chat about my running goals for 2012 in the next few days. I think I remember how to run...
Laura
Laura, I'm so excited for you (100%) and have complete confidence (100%) in your bad ass-ness in law and what is right, that they will be overwhelmed with your arguments for your client.
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