something tells me it has something to do with his training in the law and preparing him for the courtroom. Just a guess though.
Having spent over thirty years in courtrooms trying cases, I can tell you the expression described in this article is the last thing you want. What you do want, and what the best trial attorneys have, is a pleasant face, almost avuncular, so that everything you say seems to come forth with a tone as clear, pleasant, and untroubled as a summer sky of the deepest azure. Who would not be inclined to believe anything one said, if presented like that.
That’s a legal deadpan expression all right.
A good lawyer can take a kick in the shorts from a judge and say,
“Thank you, your honor. May I have another?”
Unfortunately the hired-gun poker face doesn’t do much for his Vlad Tepes appearance.
A `Professor Higgins’ Cruz aide should be coaching `Eliza Doolittle’ on how to give us a real smile. Once you learn how to fake sincerity, and something else.