She had an uncanny ability to motivate reasonable behavior in her courtroom. In a case where a public official had been ignoring a subpeona for deposition, and we were in for a motion to compel, she denied our motion — but told my local counsel if he’d get her a motion to consolidate our case with 5 or 6 others in her court on the same construction project, she’d reconsider, thelling counsel for the public agency ” That way the busy and important Dr. S**** will only have to BOTHER himself with this court’s affairs once.