A friend of mine who runs a health care practice just got a letter telling him to report for jury duty. He’s in a solo practice and any day he isn’t working is a day when he makes no money. He is married, with one child, and his wife doesn’t work (outside the home, that is.)
What should he do? He wants to send a letter trying to get out of jury duty. I know you can get one waiver, but I’m not sure if you can get off totally.
I do know that many people who are called only show up for one day, they don’t get put on a jury, and they have the ability to go home. But what if this guy were picked to be on a jury?
Here are the possibilities:
A: Write the letter asking to be “permanently” excused from jury duty.
B: Write asking to be excused this time but state you’ll make arrangements to have someone cover your practice or re-arrange your schedule to be gone for a day or more.
C: Show up and plead your case for being excused from a lengthy trial. The benefit to this option is that you’ve fulfilled your obligation with minimal disruption of your practice/life.
Other options? What do you think? Your comments/suggestions would be helpful.
Tags: baby boomers, jury duty, small businesses
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