just to clarify...not an outside lawyer hired by the courts. If it matters, this is the second PD I had. The first one, who I liked a great deal was rotated out...(it is the habit of this court to do this with their PD's and the DA's.) This second PD came in 3/4 of the way in the case (again just the way the system works..has nothing to do with me..happens to everybody if the case goes on long enough).