Lawyer Is Ordered To Pledge Compliance With Ethics Rules In Legible Handwriting
“A Cleveland-area lawyer had to show his contrition with a $500 fine and a written mea culpa as a result of a judge’s order last week,” report Debra Cassens Weiss in ABA Journal’s Ethics section.
“Cleveland.com describes the contempt sanction for lawyer Anthony Baker of Lorain, Ohio, as a “Bart Simpson-esque dose of punishment,” imposed for leaving the defense table as a protest during jury instructions.”
“On Thursday, Judge Nancy Fuerst ordered Baker to write 25 times, in legible handwriting, that he will not engage in conduct that violates ethics rules.”
