"Courts Are Places to Resolve Judicial Disputes. They Are Not Playgrounds for Name-Calling. It Is More Than Past Time to Stop."

Probably not something the lawyers (or the litigants) want to see from a judge (in this case, Judge Robert Lehrburger in today's Rhee-Karn v. Lask).

Comments

[JoeFromtheBronx]

FN1 is rather embarassing.

As to the general messsage, that's fine, but what else is new?

" a habit of maligning each other and at the same time seeking exoneration for the misconduct with which they have been accused by the other"

When hasn't this been a thing? When haven't judges complained about it?

[wvattorney13]

I agree with the judge. Not enough civility in modern practice.

I watching watching a YouTube where the actor who played Eddie Winslow in Family Matters was locked up for failure to pay child support. The prosecutor made what she thought was a creative argument to deny bail and said something like, "Clearly to the Defendant, family doesn't matter."

If I'm a judge, I'm throwing a fit over that. It was 35 years ago this guy was on a mid-level TV show. His life isn't defined by that. We are here on a serious matter that has nothing to do with his acting job 35 years ago. Any litigant deserves respect and not a cheap oratorical flair like that.