Members of the Jury, I Represent Bob Killer

It’s hard to go through a criminal trial without mentioning the defendant’s name. The court uses it. The prosecution uses it when it slips their mind to call your client “the defendant.” And we defense attorneys generally use it all the time in order to humanize our clients (i.e., to get the jury off the “defendant” part). But what to do when your client is charged with DUI and her name is (no joke) Lush? Sounds like something out of a Monty Python sketch. I’ve never had a poorly named client (although I had a poorly named location – one client shot and killed a guy outside of a bar called “Shooters”), thankfully.