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- Convicted criminals can now be banned from the Strip. [RJ]
- The potential $64 million Badlands settlement fell apart. [RJ; KTNV]
- Nye County appointed an interim clerk who intends to hand count ballots this fall. [TNI]
- Court takes a pass, but agreement pauses geothermal plant construction. [Nevada Current]
- A 9th Circuit panel overturned a Doug Smith decision that was affirmed by the Nevada Court of Appeals. [PFAW]
- Judge to refer male attorney for discipline after he says, “See you next Tuesday” to female opposing counsel. [Law And Crime]
I am sorry. But "See you Next Tuesday!" is friggin Hilarious.
Does anyone else drop inside jokes into the record, for personal amusement? I have been doing it for years.
"See you next Tuesday" standing alone might be hilarious,
but calling opposing counsel a cunt (after she just kicked your ass) is just whiny and pathetic. What a loser.
I drop inside jokes to amuse myself and hopefully the judge but not vulgarities and not personal attacks on opposing counsel. Judges largely are mindful of letting the parties slug it out; however in my experience, judges hate it when counsel make it personal between counsel.
the attorney is also a moron if he thinks that "see you next tuesday" is an inside joke that no one in the courtroom would understand
Disgusting. Federal judges would allow it here.
See you next Tuesday–obviously this jurisdiction, the Judge and the female defense attorney have nothing better to do than make frivolous bar complaints. Are we gettng so sensitive now that attorneys have to be careful not to say stupid things off the cuff in the presence of others?
Obscure Seinfeld and Modern Family quotes is always fun. Love it when the judge gets it and subtly acknowledges it.
This whole story is lame. Lame that he said that in a courtroom. Lame of the judge to make a fuss. Lame of OC for ratting on him. Lame all around. Grow up.
"Lame of the judge to make a fuss. Lame of OC for ratting on him."
No.
The profession cannot tolerate calling female attorneys "cunts" in court, even in code language. The judge was absolutely on point. And blaming the women who were the targets? Unacceptable.
1020 and 1025 (hopefully just trolling, but probably not) are at the heart of the problem. I am as un or even anti woke as they come, but if you have ever talked to the female attorneys in this town from pioneer and prolific to newly practicing and hear their experiences (past and recent), you'll get how serious dropping the C-bomb on female attorneys in open court was, how it is different from other clever, even crude jabs, and how it perpetuates the shittiest, systemic problems in our profession.
Even the attorney who said it gets how serious his lapse in judgment was. I appreciate his unequivocal apology and bet he wouldn't appreciate apologists like 1020 and 1025 equivocating on his behalf. This is not a brush it off incident, and this is coming from a guy who gets told weekly by his daughter that he is an insensitive, idiotic, boomer.
Y'all have no sense of humor.
—and take themselves too fucking seriously. Lighten up.
10:25 here – I am a female attorney. I get called names all the time. I've had a whole thread on this blog devoted to how ugly I am. I have zero shits to give. If you want to call me a cunt, knock yourself out…just don't rat me out to the judge when I return the favor. Open and honest insults are not my problem with this profession. I have more of a problem when judges, hearing masters, and crusty old boomers are paternalistic and patronizing towards me as a female. I have more of a problem when male attorneys cuss and call me names, but then whine to the judge when I cuss back. So, whatever. See you next Tuesday! xxx
@1025 [standing up, clap clap clap]!!!!
1156 – I am going like 98% 1156 is not a female attorney. But even if so, the fact that she has thick skin and is comfortable dealing with it by calling names back does little to nothing to fix the systemic problem. And doing it in open court is different than doing it in other places. From the sound of it (cussing, whining to the judge etc.), you are in family court, which is whole other systemic shit stew.
10:25/11:56 here – I can assure you that I am indeed a female attorney. If you wanna post an email address, I'll send you a pic of my boobs.
me again – @1:20 if you read my original comment at 10:25 you'll see that I said it was lame that he would say that in a courtroom. I think we agree there is a big difference between talking that way inside v outside a courtroom.
My email is sendboobs420@hotmail.com
Any of you been to Family Court lately? The attorneys hurl insults, f-bombs, and name calling at each other for sport. "See you next Thursday." Shrug… Personally, I do not think such speech is professional, but the bar is getting more and more casual.
95 percent of the attorneys in this town are shit. Men are worse. I keep documents of the harassment I have endured as a female attorney. Been asked if I watch porn by another male attorney. Stalked by two male attorneys And the judges in this fucking town do nothing about it. Anyone who says it is okay for someone to call her a cunt is an idiotm
Attorney General nominee Sigal Chattah suggested that her political opponent should be hanging from a crane, then shrugs off the comment, then sails through to a favorable general election. Meanwhile, the rest of you complain here about how awful attorneys in this town are to one another and how the bar never does anything about it.
H.L. Mencken said that democracy was "the idea that the people know what they want and deserve to get it, good and hard." If you don't start insisting on at least a modicum of common decency from those attorneys who want to be the public face of justice, and hold office-seekers accountable when they fall below that standard, then how can you possibly be outraged when their behavior trickles down to the rank and file officers of the court?
6:16 p.m. said "Sigal Chattah suggested that her political opponent should be hanging from a crane, then shrugs off the comment, then sails through to a favorable general election. " You misspoke. Ms. Chattah has not yet "sailed through a general election." She won the PRIMARY. The general election is Nov 8.
Justice? Maybe Aron Ford should not be a degenerate to the point of having tax liens recorded against his property while the rest of us peasants pay our taxes on time. What was his reason for not paying them?
“ 95 percent of the attorneys in this town are shit. Men are worse. I keep documents of the harassment I have endured as a female attorney.” lol. You’re the chick who thinks dudes are checking you out just because you have eye contact. Harassment indeed.
903,chick? Okay,boomer. Buy a clue
So, Chattah "hasn't yet disappointed professionally." Do you think if any of us said to a judge or opposing counsel in open court that that judge/OC should be hanging from a crane, then refused to apologize, that a professional disciplinary referral wouldn't be appropriate? I am no fan of Ford and had planned on voting against him, but any definition of what is "professional" in the role of the public face of justice in an American state has to include promoting confidence in our rule of law. I cannot think of any comment more damaging to the promotion to the rule of law than an invocation to violence by its wannabe top law enforcer, other than outright treason. Validating Chattah's comments with a favorable election result will bring disrepute on the bar and further degrade the level of civility that most here are concerned about. Her failure to walk back those comments should be professionally disqualifying for anyone seeking the role of attorney general.
903, be mine. You sound really great. Do you wear vests?
I am with 917. I would love to vote against Aaron Ford. But I am a Republican, not a fascist. There is no way in God's green earth I can vote for Sigal.
So puss and piss are acceptable discussions, but "Ford is shit as AG" is not. OK. Got it. Thanks for the clarification.
@5:15 – 10:25 here. I never said it was ok for anyone to call me anything. I said I didn't care if they do. I just want the same freedom – if they can name-call me, don't go whining to the judge when I name-call them.
Not related to a topic above but it amuses me. Everyday I get an email from EJDC Finance "Eighth Judicial District Court – Outstanding Case Balance Listing". It is money that we already paid. Clerk's Office has been told and shown that we already paid it. The amusement comes from the fact that the balance changes everyday even though no further monies are being paid. Some days it is higher; some days it is lower. I think that they have no idea what is actually owed or why it is owed.
I left a mid-size firm (~12 attorneys) about a year ago, family law firm. We did substitutions for all cases I was the lead attorney on so I wasn't on any of their cases anymore. On a divorce case that I filed a few weeks before departing, the clerk didn't charge the firm for the filing fee. I started getting emails on my NEW firm's email address (because I had updated my info with the court to my new firm's address) that I owed the filing fee for that case which was not even my case and not my present firm's case. No matter what I do – phone calls or email – the system still sends me the same amount owed. You would think that the court clerk would check for an outstanding balance BEFORE entering the final divorce decree right? Nope. The parties' divorce was entered, and the prior firm still hasn't paid the filing fee. I just have an incoming email rule that sorts the email that comes from that email address with that case number in it, into a folder I don't look at. It's at about 280 emails now – once per day every morning.
Send a demand pursuant to Fair debt collections act
FDCPA will not apply if the court was the originating creditor. *not legal advice*
Anyone following the Alex Jones trial? In his deposition, Jones stated that he did not have any texts or emails related to the Sandy Hook shooting, and reaffirmed that testimony on the stand today. But apparently Jones' attorneys disclosed an entire clone of Jones' cell phone to opposing counsel, (including the "nonexistent" texts and emails), and allegedly failed to assert privilege or recall the clone when notified of the leak. Now Jones being demolished in cross, and opposing counsel is having the time of his life impeaching him.
Yeah…that's pretty amazing. I saw a clip of him sputtering on the stand. Judge was not having it.
In fairness to Alex Jones, the consumption of male vitality supplements can lead one to become a blithering idiot.
I haven't been following it, but I did watch a clip also since it seems to be going viral now.
It seems pretty damning, but somehow I'm certain that no real consequences will come of it.
Has anyone actually had a witness charged with perjury or anything like that in a civil case? Even if you pushed really hard on the DA's office, I'm guessing that's just not something they ever do.
There was a clip on reddit this morning where the Judge was admonishing him not to lie anymore (this was out of earshot of the jury). She chastised him for lying twice already "today," pointed out exactly what these two lies were, and told him to behave and to stop acting as if he was doing his show. Judge was very frustrated.
The fact that Jones' attorneys (allegedly) inadvertendly sent the entire phone contents, were notified by opposing counsel, and did NOTHING is absolutely bananas.
How are you just gonna violate attorney-client privilege and then do nothing about it?
All that aside, it's fucking hilarious and I hope the jury hits him up for hundreds of millions.
"Has anyone actually had a witness charged with perjury or anything like that in a civil case? Even if you pushed really hard on the DA's office, I'm guessing that's just not something they ever do."
Ordinarily true. However, this is not a normal case or a normal defendant. A DA looking to score some easy political points may go after him.
Our DA should have a goal to prosecute a couple dozen civil perjury cases every year to put the fear of God into civil litigants.
"Our DA should have a goal to prosecute a couple dozen civil perjury cases every year to put the fear of God into civil litigants."
100% agree! Maybe that would stop a little bit of the nonsense that goes on.
Like 90% of the "personal injury" cases that make it to trial
@ 2:54
Ow! My neck and low back hurts. I have a headache.
#freesigalchattah
#freebonniebulla
#freesiegelsuites
For 4:01:
#freethepisspusspalace
#feebonnie
#freetheseeutuesdayguy
With respect to the OG at 2:55 – #FreePussAndPiss
I wake up in a cold sweat at night over discovery screwups as big as this one. https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/text-bombshell-stuns-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-in-trial-on-sick-sandy-hook-lies-145431621846
How does an attorney undo this? If they say it is privilege, then they have lied to the court and are suborning perjury. If they do nothing, then this happens.
Scary campaign boobies are out again. God, cover up.
Am I the only one who didn't realize that Danny Tarkanian finally got elected to something?
Fake news
And then promptly lost his next election, a hopeless attempt to primary Amodei. The man is a glutton for punishment.