One of the things that I love about practicing where I do is that, despite the overall population of the area, the litigation bar in DuPage County is still relatively small. I saw a perfect example of this yesterday.

I was in court waiting for a case to be called when a local attorney entered the courtroom. The judge, who was in the middle of her court call, paused the proceedings and publicly congratulated the attorney on the fact that his son had just been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.

I just thought it was a neat moment.