Fault.

I did have a cool moment in court yesterday. I had quashed a warrant on one of our drivers. The warrant was totally my fault. I let my secretary go and the citation literally slipped through the cracks. I have a good relationship with the DA and at arraignment I chatted with him and he agreed to approach the bench when it was my clients turn and discuss with the judge. The Judge of course was ticked that  my client had let it go to warrant, so I decided the try the totally honest approach (stretch for me) and straight up told the judge it was my fault, that we had turnover in our office, and that my office was responsible for the warrant, not the driver. The Judge was shocked. He turned off his mic, leaned over, and whispered "what did you say?" I was like oh, crap, here comes a malpractice lecture (which I am sure you will be surprised to hear I do get from time to time). He then looked puzzled and said, you mean to tell me this is your fault...you personally? I didn't know what to say, so I just looked at him and said yep, I am an idiot....do we need to put that on the record? He then smiled and dismissed the entire issue.  It was my little victory for the day.