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Fiery young defense lawyer knows how to make an impression — and win

(This article first appeared in the Sunday Wisconsin State Journal.)

She opened at a scream.

“Pull a gun on me and it?s the last (expletive) thing you?ll do!”

Defense lawyer Jessa Nicholson stood inches from jurors as she quoted the man her client killed, trying to convey the fear and chaos that led to the shooting, which also injured the man?s brother.

Quoted: UW law professor Michele Lavigne