Just ten minutes in, right after my seventh question. “Objection,” Barry Kudar said. “I instruct my client not to answer.” I turned to the witness. “Are you going to follow your attorney’s instructions, Doctor Mason?” He gave me a smug look. “I most certainly am, counsel.” I pulled the telephone close enough to make sure it was on camera and then turned to the court reporter. “Let that record reflect that I am dialing the direct line of St. Louis Circuit Judge Henry Winfield.” I hit the speaker button and started dialing. “What do you think you’re doing?” Kudar demanded. I paused and turned to him. “Exactly what the judge told me to do at the last court hearing, counsel. I called his chambers this morning to make sure he would be available if you instructed your client not to answer one of my questions.”
