04/22/2026
There is a version of my office that people see from the outside. The DA walks into court. The ADA argues the case. The verdict comes back. That is the version that makes Facebook and the evening news. But there is another version that runs underneath all of it, and it is held together by people whose names almost never show up in a headline.
My secretaries.
They are the first voice you hear when you call our office. They are the last ones making sure a file is where it needs to be before I walk into a courtroom. They know which judge wants three copies and which one wants four. They know when a lawyer needs a callback before I do. They have memorized more case than I ever will, and half the time they are fixing a problem before anyone else realizes there is one.
Administrative Professionals Day is today. This office does not function without these women. Not in the way where you say that to be polite. In the way where the wheels literally stop turning. Every conviction, every case resolved, every family that felt heard when they walked through our doors has their fingerprints on it somewhere.
So to my secretaries across the Middle Judicial Circuit, thank you. Not just for what you do. For how you do it. With grace, patience, and a quiet competence that holds this whole thing together.
Y'all are the backbone. And I am grateful.
