1.   An attorney representing a client before a court helps to make the trial fair, but the attorney is not neutral.

2.   If there are, the attorney general must petition a Washington-based panel of three federal judges to appoint an independent counsel.

3.   Testimony ended Wednesday afternoon, and attorneys are to give closing arguments Thursday.

4.   The bread and butter of defense attorneys is to see how many people they can put on trial.

5.   An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.

6.   Also, defense attorneys are quick to attack the credibility of migrant witnesses.

7.   Although attorneys had been concerned about the candor of past jury candidates, Ito thanked several of the panelists Wednesday for their honest answers -- some brutally honest.

8.   Although Carroll said he believed that defense attorneys could be ready for trial in December, he agreed to delay the trial until late January.

9.   Among the few dissenters on Tuesday was attorney Lawrence Teeter, who represents a coalition of residents in the Pico-Union neighborhood.

10.   An immigration judge recently ordered him deported, but his attorney is appealing.