I was at work for over 13 hours on Wednesday, with almost half of that spent simply waiting. The jury in a case I assisted on decided to deliberate for a very unexpected 6 hours until almost 10 PM... and then convicted the defendant on all counts anyway. They could have done that 5 hours ago and let me go home!
During the wait actual defense attorney was restless and nervous, whereas I was just chatting with the prosecutors and resigning myself to a long night after the jury asked for dinner.
On that subject, how well do you deal with waiting? Do you stress out, or remain calm?
Additionally: what's the longest work shift you've ever had? At almost 13.5 hours (I got to work at about 8:30 that morning), this is definitely my longest. Of course, 6 hours of that did not involve much "work," but I still had to stay in my suit and tie for 6 more hours and couldn't go farther than about a 30 second walk from the courtroom. That is work enough for me.