The Virginian-Pilot 
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, February 20, 1995              TAG: 9502170024
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

LAWYERS NOT `CUSTOMERS'

Regarding ``A judicious move'' (editorial, Feb. 7): I am astounded by ``. . lawyers.''

The ``customers'' of our judges are not the lawyers; the ``customers'' are the citizens who appear before them as litigants and as criminal defendants.

To state that lawyers have taken the place of their clients, and are themselves the ``customers'' of the judiciary, is to describe a system which does not, and should not, exist.

ALISA BEAROV LANDRUM

Attorney and counselor at law

Norfolk, Feb. 7, 1995 by CNB