What are your pre-trial rituals? I used to have a whole thing I did from going to the office, getting my lucky coffee, waiting at the courtroom, etc., but now I just sit at my house feeling sick until it's time to sign onto Zoom

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I just scramble around, get panicky, and then just do it.

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Pre-COVID: try to get a decent night sleep; bacon, egg, cheese breakfast sandwich in the morning before trial; pack up extra supplies because the partner I work with always forgets something; pack snacks; try to get to the courtroom first so I can call dibs on the counsel table that I prefer and get set up quickly. My boss always schedules a haircut a day or two before trial and we carpool over to court from the office (suburban practice) so that we get an extra strategy session in. Lunch from the same place each day of trial, across the street from the courthouse. Drive back to the office: debrief of the day and blast 80s music to get the stress out.

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