There are lots of issues to take from clerking for a decide. An appreciation for the regulation. Notes. The status that comes with sustaining the rule of regulation. What you shouldn’t be taking it as is a chance to allegedly commit embezzlement. A Michigan decide realized that they saved their enemies a bit too shut as soon as they checked out their monetary statements. From the ABA Journal:
A former court docket clerk in Wayne County, Michigan, has been charged with embezzling greater than $60,000 from the decide for whom he labored.
Steven Allen, 42, of Detroit was accused of illegally acquiring the decide’s ATM card to make withdrawals and purchases, in line with a Jan. 23 press launch by the Michigan Division of Lawyer Normal.
Look, instances are arduous. Even Biglaw associates are selecting up facet gigs to satisfy their financial targets. However the reply to monetary troubles is to not run a decide’s pockets — judges dealing with housing hassle is how we get Clarence Thomases. And judges with lacking revenue is how we get Clarence Thomases. Contemplating that he’s one of many judges who voted towards the Supremacy Clause and the Supreme Court docket is close to a traditionally low approval score, we actually don’t want one other a kind of.
‘Even Judges Are Not Immune To Theft,’ State AG Says In Asserting Fees Towards Former Court docket Clerk [ABA Journal]
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