Working as a trial lawyer, there was no shortage of CLEs, articles, papers, and even experts out and about that taught about honing appearances for trial. First was spiffin’ up the trial lawyer: “Dress conservatively. Wear earth tones. Ditch the pinky ring. And get a new tie; that lucky tie of yours has seen better days.” And then the client makeover: “Your boyfriend might think it’s cute, but no jury in these parts is goin’ to award money to a girl wearin’ a thong. And get your teeth whitened. Go to the store, yeah, that one and get some Sunday-go-to-meetin’ clothes. Long sleeves. Get long sleeves. Nobody’s gonna like that thing on your arm.” Regrettably, this attention to detail, presentation, and appearances usually doesn’t…