Attorneys in Action

Order Granting Motion to Compel Lunch

Also circulating this week, some really excellent work by Judge Gaines of the Maricopa County (AZ) Superior Court.  This order resolves a dispute over the terms of a lunch meeting to discuss discovery issues by (among other things) ordering the…


How to Get Reprimanded, #137

Call the judge a "jackass."  To be extra sure, describe a whole panel of appellate judges that way.  If you want to really lock it down, throw in a comparison or two to Adolf Hitler. This precedent was established on…


The Tale of Dr. Moodie and Ms. Alice

Dr. Rob Moodie, described as a 67-year-old "high-profile lawyer, former representative rugby player and Police Association secretary," whatever the hell most of that means, has decided to protest the "male-dominated corruption" of New Zealand’s judicial system by wearing women’s clothes…


Memphis Lawyer Is Also Lord of Great Horwood

The Associated Press reports that 68-year-old Memphis attorney D. Jack Smith, a former legislator and (according to his website) the nation’s senior multilevel-marketing attorney, has also been the Lord of Great Horwood, a village outside London, since 1997.  Apparently, this…


Florida State Senator Promises to Try New Media Strategies

State Senator Gary Siplin was charged on April 10 with grand theft for allegedly misusing taxpayer money.  Since then, he has shown, shall we say, a lack of skill in dealing with the media. He acknowledged to reporters this week…




Latest E-Mail Shot Heard Round the World

Of course most or all of you have seen this already — the latest reminder that if you don’t want something to possibly be read by most of the English-speaking world, don’t put it in an email. This arises from…


Seriously Defective Lawyer May Be Entirely Normal Lawyer

From the January issue of Scientific American magazine (pp. 24-25, in case you are a big enough dork to actually read that magazine): Take the 50-something lawyer who, fearing Alzheimer’s, came in for an MRI and got good news and…


How to Collect from a Stubborn Client

This one’s easy: you just kidnap him until the family pays the ransom, I mean fees.  Works best on the client’s wedding day. Police in Waco, Texas, said that Paula Allen, a 51-year-old attorney who had defended Rolando Castelan from…