Trial Magazine
Question of the Month
What is the Most Unusual Thing in Your Office?
May 2018“What else would you expect in a Vermont law office but Ben & Jerry’s ice cream?”
Karen S. Allen, Law Office of Karen S. Allen, Burlington, VT
“My trusty 30-inch symphonic gong. Everyone should have one. Celebrating? Letting off steam? Bang a gong!”
Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA
“I do medical malpractice work full time, and my office is decorated with discredited medical advertisements such as “Cancer Cured With Soothing Balmy Oils.” I also have a cabinet full of old medical gear with various forms of “electric” cures, including a very dramatic violet light machine and a radium-imbued jug for putting “health giving radiation” back into drinking water.”
John M. Curtin, Robbins & Curtin, Phoenix, AZ
“The most unusual thing in my office is a 7-foot-long green dinosaur dressed as blindfolded Lady Justice.”
Cherie L. LaCour, Bencoe & LaCour Law, Albuquerque, NM
“A seed block from the birdseed factory where I used to work. It reminds me of where I came from—and how hard that work was.”
Howard E. Zimmerle, Warner & Zimmerle, Rock Island, IL
