36 NoraThursday morning, Nora was back in the federal courtroom giving her final speech to Judge Navarro.
She wore the freshly pressed black sheath dress and matching jacket. She’d put on the outfit for the first time only four weeks ago. She’d been in a different Parma courtroom. The superior court judge had granted her client a new trial. But that wasn’t why she’d donned the dress again.
She wasn’t superstitious. US District Court Judge Kenneth Navarro was interested only in what she said. He didn’t care how she dressed.
But when she wore this elegant outfit, legal arguments rolled off her tongue. Her statement was coming out in a melodious flow.
Okay, maybe the dress wasn’t responsible. Delivering the closing argument was the easy part of her job because she could write it all out i
