u/toasted__ravioli

I say current because I am sure worse things could happen...

As a new attorney (less than 3 years), my biggest fear is being in a trial, opposing counsel objects, and I don't know what to say (the rules of evidence are hard). Then, I ask for a recess and the court says no, and in my panic and frustration I start to cry.

To me, it would be so humiliating I would have to quit. Has anyone ever experienced this, or something similar? I know there is so much I don't know as a new attorney, which makes me feel vastly unprepared going into a trial...