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Couldnt even imagine. i dont even, i cant even try to think what that would be like. >> reporter: memorizing things and going into court, what is that -- a pretty determined guy. >> yeah, i agree. >> reporter: but adapting, even successful adapting using a talking typewriter for example. wasnt enough for john sutton. as he waited for his sons long delayed trial he pursued with something like an obsession, a quest to regain his eyesight. and most people might have given up by then. cant do anythi...

You know, im just frying to do the best i can. then i go in and memorize the citations and let them decide if i know what im doing. >> reporter: lately he has been busier than ever. recently won a $9 million judgment for one of his clients. >> the blindness, i just couldnt even imagine. i dont even, i cant even try to think what that would be like. >> reporter: memorizing things and going into court, what is that -- a pretty determined guy. >> yeah, i agree. >> reporter: but adapting, even succe...

Practice law. >> we did not sue for breach of that contract. >> reporter: where his blindness became not exactly the handicap some opponents seemed to expect. >> i look to put myself down. so i say, poor old blind guy, you know, im just frying to do the best i can. then i go in and memorize the citations and let them decide if i know what im doing. >> reporter: lately he has been busier than ever. recently won a $9 million judgment for one of his clients. >> the blindness, i just couldnt even im...

I dont even -- i cant even try to think what that would be like. >> yeah. >> heavy. >> memorizing things and going into court? >> yeah. >> he is a pretty determined guy. >> yes. hes great. >> but adapting, even successful adapting, using a talking typewriter, for example, wasnt enough for john sutton. as he waited for his sons long delayed trial, he pursued with something like an obsession, a quest to regain his eyesight. >> most people may have given up. cant do anything. you live with it. >> n...

So i say, poor old blind guy, you know, im just frying to do the best i can. then i go in and memorize the citations and let them decide if i know what im doing. >> reporter: lately he has been busier than ever. recently won a $9 million judgment for one of his clients. >> the blindness, i just couldnt even imagine. i dont even, i cant even try to think what that would be like. >> reporter: memorizing things and going into court, what is that -- a pretty determined guy. >> yeah, i agree. >> repo...

>> i look to put myself down. so i say, poor old blind guy, you know, im just frying to do the best i can. then i go in and memorize the citations and let them decide if i know what im doing. >> reporter: lately he has been busier than ever. recently won a $9 million judgment for one of his clients. >> the blindness, i just couldnt even imagine. i dont even, i cant even try to think what that would be like. >> reporter: memorizing things and going into court, what is that -- a pretty determined ...

To think what that would be like. >> yeah. >> its heavy. >> memorizing thing an going into court. he is a pretty determined guy. >> yeah, hes great. >> but adapting, even successful adapting, using a talking typewriter, for example, wasnt enough for john sutton because he waited for his sons long-delayed trial. he pursued with something like an obsession a quest to regain his eyesight. >> most people might have given up by then. cant do anything. >> not even close. >> not you. >> i wont take no ...

I cant even think what that would be like. heavy. >> memorizing things, and going into court when -- hes a pretty determined guy. >> yeah. its great. >> but adapting, even successful adapting, using a talking typewriter, for example, wasnt enough for john sutton. as he waited for his sons long-delayed trial, he pursued with something like an obsession a quest to regain his eyesight. most people might have given up by then, you live with it. >> not even close. i wont take no for an answer. >> som...