When I was young, the lawyers in East Texas typically wore light brown or light blue striped seersucker suits (which were inexpensive then) that often looked like they had slept in them. They also wore white shoes and white "plantation" style straw hats. All of them had an "aw shucks, I'm just a poor boy" demeanor. Trial lawyers have always engaged in a certain amount of stagecraft. Here is a case of a modern lawyer who is still using that "I'm just an ordinary guy" approach, and getting some criticism from his opponents. I wonder if the judge will order him to wear shoes with no holes in the soles?