Friday, May 27, 2011

Lawyer objects to large breasted woman in court

A Chicago lawyer has complained in a pretrial motion that opposing counsel has a "large breasted woman sit next to him at counsel's table" whose sole purpose "is to draw the attention of the jury away from the relevant proceedings."

Attorney Thomas W. Gooch asked a judge to order the woman "to sit in the gallery with the rest of the spectators" and bar her from sitting at the counsel's table "until it is shown that this woman has any sort of legal background."


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The case in Cook County Small Claims Court is a dispute over a used car purchased from Exotic Motors in November 2009.

Gooch's opposing counsel, Dmitry N. Feofanov, responded that the woman is his "paralegal assistant" and contended that Gooch cites no law or "good faith legal argument" why she can't sit at the counsel table.

1 comment:

GMT-8 said...

1> Cook County Small Claims Court is for disputes of $10,000 or less.
2> It is not necessary to have an attorney.
3> It is not necessary to have a jury.
4> The woman seems to be dressed conservatively.
5> Fees for a decent attorney (at least here in California) run $300 to $500 an hour.
6> I’m guessing the only winners in this case will be the attorneys.
7> The plaintiff and defendant are the biggest boobies in the room.