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I'm an attorney in south florida also, and I'm sure you've seen some ridiculous stuff in the courts down here. That suit would be perfectly fine for the hotter days or 3 "seasons" down here.
SaveMeJebus;4460373 said:Was thinking about picking up this Zegna suit off Ebay, though it gives me pause because it appears to be pretty light in color. What say you style gods of the internet? Can an attorney in South Florida get away with wearing this to work/to court?
There's an older guy I see in Miami state court every now and then that wears the most ridiculous, obnoxious suits I've ever seen. Even more in your face than that mobster Spano suit someone was selling in B&S for a while. Of course he pairs it with a bright purple shirt and a lime green tie to really stand out. I gotta get a pic of him on my camera phone one day and make a few heads explode around here.
I don't like that suit but come on, it's Miami, I can tell you from personal experience you can wear whatever the hell you want. In Ft. Lauderdale 1/2 the lawyers don't even bother with ties anymore. In West Palm Beach there was an actual standing order that said in the summer you didn't have to wear your coat jacket (it was revoked, only because the chief judge at the time - a relative of mine - was trying to do away with the hundreds of needless standing orders at the time.
By the way, that old guy you are talking about sounds like Hugo Rodriguez. He is a fantastic criminal defense attorney - I dealt with him during his brief foray into civil law, which was not as successful (more because of who he was working with than what he did personally)
When I was just starting out a million years ago, I went to a trial seminar he gave. He showed up in what I'll term "full Miami Vice" - white suit, alligator shoes, pink socks, bright floral tie, etc. The first words out of his mouth were: "Before I start, everyone asks me if I dress like this for court. You're ******* right I do!" That was the first and last f-bomb I ever heard at a legal seminar.
Go introduce yourself to him - he's a really nice guy (unless he's just lost a case, then stay away!). He'll probably let you take a picture if you ask him. It's not like he hasn't heard about his clothing before - it's been a topic of conversation for decades.
I'm an attorney in south florida also, and I'm sure you've seen some ridiculous stuff in the courts down here. That suit would be perfectly fine for the hotter days or 3 "seasons" down here.
Standards in American Courts do seem to be slipping more than somewhat.
I see a lot of these "appropriate for court" type threads, so what is ideal courtroom dress? 90% of the lawyers I see are either wearing Jos A Bank sacks or goofy custom black-lawyer suits.