I went back and looked at Ronran's comments on the Markman. You are quite correct. Two posts, #547338 and #547685, circa May, 2007, are the ones I read seem to bore this out. Kudos to you.

However, I believe an attorney's real value is less in the oral arguments and more important in what I call the "paper work", briefs, negotiations, and whatever they else they do.

Perhaps, we are too mindful of the TV dramas like Matlock, Perry Mason, and for you old timers the Defenders (E. G. Marshall) where they always had a gotcha moment. Understandable since a TV show with lawyers doing paper work would not make it. Though it would be a lot better than what is on TV now. Going way OT now so I shall go back to lurking.