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Walking out of the courthouse, I felt like I had actually done something. Not clicked a button. Not signed a petition. I had sat there, listened, and decided. California jury summons are annoying. They disrupt your flow. They force you to wear pants (or at least, nice shorts) and sit in a hard chair for hours.
Was it inconvenient? Yes. Did I lose money? (California employers are required to pay for the first day, but after that… it gets dicey.)
This is where the lawyer dance begins. They ask questions: "Do you know anyone in law enforcement?" "Can you be fair to a landlord?" "Have you ever been the victim of a theft?"
But here is the secret they don’t tell you: