After having watched 3 days of this, it is really glaring to be watching the rather transparent experience levels of the lawyers involved. Above and beyond the parade of bullplop that was G and C's testimony, the style and approach of each lawyer was very telling.
probably the biggest thing to see is just how practically inexperienced JB is. I don't even mean it as a reflection on his preparredness or his other typical issues. The problem was with his style of questioning and presentation. In everything he did for three days he was playing to the jury. But there was no jury. It was clearly apparent that he was taught how a lawyer presents in court, and that is the one way that he knows. Either that or he learned everything he knows from watching old Matlock reruns. But his entire presentation his style, his questions, the way he kept subtly repeating or getting his witnesses to repeat certain words, was an attempt to manipulate a pool of laypeople, unfamiliar with the details or what is being presented and hence prone to subtly pick up on those key words. I honestly don't think even JB is consciously familiar that he is doing this. It's more this is how he learned to question witnesses so that is how he does it, without any thought to the actual purpose or who is listening.
Contrast that with LDB, who seemed to fully realize at every turn that her only audience for these 3 days was the judge. A man who is not a layperson, and has spent a lifetime detecting bullplop being spit out by witnesses and lawyers. her presentation was geared towards that single knowledgeable observer. Witness answers were kept short and direct. Questions were kept tight. presentation was as from a lawyer to a judge, not as from a lawyer to a jury. It's a subtle but very powerful difference.
It is even more noticeable when you watch CM, who's every word and action is pretty much directed towards or performing for the judge. he gets it. He understands who he is presenting to. he understands the difference between motions hearings and trial.
