Welcome Sandra Day O’Connor!

With her familiar bob of white hair, O’Connor yesterday joined Selya and Chief Circuit Judge Michael Boudin in peppering lawyers with questions in a half-dozen cases, including the Rhode Island case of James H. Reyelt v. William B. Danzell and Louisa F. Beenker Danzell.

So how did it feel to appear before the woman who is arguably the world’s best-known judge?

“It was a very cool thing,” said Dana Curhan, a Boston lawyer who represented Reyelt.

“I am honored,” said Marc DeSisto, the Providence lawyer representing the Danzells. “I think it’s great when a senior Supreme Court judge lends a hand to circuit courts. It’s a great benefit to the court. It’s a great benefit to the bar. And it generates a lot of interest.”

While I *Heart* Sandra Day, I don’t think you could generate “a lot of interest” in a case involving promissory notes, zoning variances and a Barrington beach house even if Jean-Luc Picard was presiding. Or… could you?

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