Originally Posted by cfos

"Connections, collected favors, reltationships which profit both parties, in short, the American court system."

Paul Wolfowitz is a judge, too? *L* Such knowledge of medicine, policing and the legal system! That must be a big family -- D Wade has a better chance of getting into Sir Charles's 5, than your network.
I, too am curious as to the super attorney's power. You'd think that an experienced lawyer would have a great deal of experience in trying similar cases, so you aren't forking over a lot of money for the attorney to do research. My guess is his argument would be similar to any number of cases he has already handled, right? 85% dismissal rate... a solid B, not exactly, "most every case"... wait, he does "consider himself" to be the best traffic ticket guy... So, you are paying by the hour... It's California, right? Probably $1k to park near the court... Not sure if California has to have a jury seated for this or whether you plead before a judge, so... is it about $1.5-2k/hr? Not a bad life. Of course, if you lose, you are looking into $4k plus fines, etc. If you haven't already, suck it up and talk to your dad (as suggested by many others in this thread) about the choices (especially if it is HIS policy that will be in question) rather than strangers on the internet.