Circuit Judge

Being a judge is much easier than being an attorney. An attorney is enormous pressure, constantly interviewing clients, preparing pleadings, doing discovery, preparing witnesses, choreographing and presenting trials of multiple, multiple clients all at the same time. An attorney works long hours to do all those things. A judge on the other hand shows up at 8 30, pulls out a pen and a notepad, takes notes, and then carefully reflects and writes a judgment and goes home with no stress.

My favorite part of being a judge is that I felt like I made a difference for good. And I always got to be on the side of right and justice. Whereas I remember back as an attorney, that really depended on which client I happened to get. And because I had to take a lot of clients, I wasn't able to be terribly picky, which meant that many times I would recognize that I was arguing and defending the side that I did not think justice should support. As a judge, though, it's totally different. I always get to be on the side of justice and right and get to rule from that perspective.