If I Won the Lottery, You Wouldn’t Know, But There’d Be Signs

My nickname is … Joyce.

I can’t go a day without … daydreaming about my next vacation.

If you were in my office … we’d be heading out to a better destination.

My colleagues would be surprised to know … that I enjoy reading speculative fiction.

When I was a newbie lawyer … I wore a lucky dolphin pendant daily until my first jury verdict.

The quality I most like in a lawyer is … tenacity.

My pre-trial routine … includes deep breathing and Starbucks.

When I started, I wish I knew … good sleep can be the best foundation.

If I weren’t a lawyer, I’d be … a fact checker.

The SCOTUS justice I’d like to meet is … Justice Sotomayor.

The SCOTUS decision I’d overturn is … definitely Dobbs.

A different practice area that intrigues me is … estate and trusts.

I can’t believe more people haven’t read … the works of Octavia Butler, more specifically the Wild Seed saga.

I can do a pretty good impersonation of … Abu from Aladdin.

My fictional hero is … Shori (from Fledgling by Octavia Butler).

My real-life hero is … Michelle Obama.

On weekends I … work out and clean, or travel.

The talent I wish I had is … juggling.

The most fascinating person I ever met is … Wanda Sykes.

I get angry when … I observe bigotry.

On my best day I … exercise before 6 a.m.

On my worst day I … exercise before 7 a.m.

My motto is … I can sleep when I’m dead.

The craziest thing I witnessed in a courtroom is … a detached dance pole as the state’s Exhibit 1.

The movie line I quote most often is … “Littering and littering and littering and …” from Super Troopers.

The three people I’d invite to dinner are … Issa Rae, Serena Williams and Dr. Mae Jemison.

I wish I had invented … Bluetooth connectivity.

If I had a morning show, my co-host would be … Tamar Braxton.

The last TV show I binge-watched was … Dexter.

My guilty pleasure is … overpriced juice.

My favorite word is … loquacious.

If I won the lottery … you wouldn’t know.

The question I wish people would stop asking is … “What do you do for work?”