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Peak lapel on trial?

phillyesq

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Originally Posted by TexasLidig8r
McBryde?

I was searching the old threads before an upcoming trial, and I couldn't help but laugh as I saw this. As soon as I saw mention of a federal judge in TX with a surly disposition, I knew that it had to be McBryde.
 

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Im a law student in the 8th Circuit, and I externed my 1l summer for one of the nattier dressing federal district judges around here. Im pretty sure he would notice, but I doubt youre going to win or lose a hearsay objection in federal court based on your lapel style.

The local AUSAs keep it fairly conservative - grey or navy suits, no patterns, notch lapels, short haircuts, black shoes. A number of them are former JAG guys, so my guess is it comes naturally.

The juries I saw were generally very blue collar, uninformed (often ended up on a jury on that basis alone) folks who likely wouldn't notice the lapels. They generally responded well to the FBI guys who came in dressed similarly to the prosecutors but again my guess is that's because a lot of FBI agents are just good at testifying.

As a graduating 3l who wants to be a prosecutor Im not gonna presume to tell someone who's already doing the job how a jury thinks. But my instinct says brown suit on Fridays is better than the peak lapel grey one. The G-man uniform is conservative (remember, the Gipper loved brown suits)
 

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