[george76]

One thing we can be sure of is that PETA is taking this trial seriously.

In addition to three trial lawyers for Adria Hinkle and one for Andrew Cook, PETA in-house counsel Jeff Kerr was in the courtroom today. So was the recently retired long-time PETA litigator Phil Hirschkop.

Kathy Guillermo, a 17-year PETA veteran, was pressed into service to talk to media outside the courthouse ("I didn't know I'd be coming until the last minute," she told one reporter).

And at least three PETA legal interns were on hand to see the wheels of justice turn -- oiled, we're told, with something vegan.

[frankenMonkey]

That's quite a legal load for a fairly simple case. Perhaps PETA is nothing more than a front for yet more underemployed lawyers looking for a gravy train...