This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Public Interest

Jan. 19, 2001

Medical Court

It's two in the morning and I'm startled from an already restless sleep. It's the sleep of a lawyer in the midst of trial: fitful, with all-consuming dreams. Litigators know that nocturnal wrestling: passionate non sequiturs, snippets of coherent thoughts enveloped in a mindscape conceived by psychedelic artist Peter Max. Thoughtful hallucinations that masquerade as strategic planning mock us when we awaken, just as they absorbed us as we slept.

        By Paul O'Brien

        It's two in the morning and I'm startled from an already restless sleep. It's the sleep of a lawyer in the midst of trial: fitful, with all-consuming dreams. Litigators know that nocturnal wrestling: passionate non sequiturs, snippets of coherent thoughts enveloped in a mindscape conceived by psychedelic artist Peter Max. Thoughtful hallucinations ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up