Career probation work trained Lanier in documentation habits that carry into her case.

Evidence

Over the course of my career, I learned the importance of documentation. As my very first supervisor, Ethel, always said, “If it is not documented, it didn’t happen.” In my home life, I had always saved things, for nostalgic purposes. But in this line of work, I had to be prepared with supporting evidence to testify in court at a moment’s notice. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 696