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Ten Courtrooms · Two Divisions · One Front Door

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The Front Door · Presiding

The Hon. Judge Brett McSkunk

Runs the front door with his gavel — crisp, clean, and mean. Every visitor passes his bench before finding their courtroom. Press play. Sound on.

The Virtual Intro · For the Prosecution

Atticus Bradstreet McDermott

She walks in, she introduces herself, and the room understands the arrangement: everyone else is the defendant. Press play. Sound on.

Chambers of Last Resort · Contempt Docket

The Hon. Judge McScoober

WHAM. WHAM. WHAM. Where the disorderly get sent, and where exactly one sentence has ever been pronounced: "McDermott — sit down in that chair!" Nobody knows why he yells it at everyone. Nobody asks. Sound on.

Criminal Division

Civil Division