There’s a distinction between taking part in hardball and unsportsmanlike conduct. Threatening to embarrass the opposite facet by bashing their household and threatening to inform their undergrad college what a dunce they’ve been? That’s some Phishy conduct. Protection from the ABA Journal:
A Colorado lawyer’s “demeaning and unprofessional language” and threats of disclosure in a requirement letter looking for $50,000 for her shopper’s accidents at a Phish live performance have led to a public censure. Lawyer Sarah Jay Schielke of Colorado obtained the general public censure for her demand letter to a different lawyer who’s recognized as V.D. in a Jan. 25 stipulation to self-discipline.
Schielke’s letter alleged that V.D. rushed the Phish stage, whereas bare, at a February 2022 live performance in Mexico.
Whereas I don’t have the numbers at hand, there’s this submit asking a few Phish nudist colony — I’d wager that the variety of nudist Phish followers might be disproportionately excessive. However to bum rush the stage? Phish makes elevator music to play backgammon to, not bum-rush. What monitor did V.D. bombard the stage to? Reba? If you wish to rush a stage bare, be a traditional individual and go to a Black Dahlia Homicide live performance — the mosh pit is much extra more likely to cheer you on than attempt to classify you within the DSM-5:
Within the letter, Schielke known as V.D. a “violent psychopath,” “a violent a- -hole,” “an fool,” “obnoxious,” “silly,” “a shameless, ridiculous boasting s- – -,” “a horrible f- – -ing lawyer” and “a shame to the Colorado Bar, the Phish group and [his] household.”
For what it’s value, Schielke would most likely be welcomed at a Dahlia live performance — her response to the reprimand was fairly metallic:
“I stand by every part I mentioned concerning the man, however I acknowledge that none of that content material ought to have been included in a requirement letter from an lawyer. I misplaced my objectivity, and that was a mistake. Lesson realized. While you’re near the shopper and feelings are excessive, the higher means to assist a greatest buddy is to only refer the case out.”
For the uninitiated, that was lawyer converse for “Fuck that man, I used to be proper.” Sounds fairly metallic to me.
Accusation That Bare ‘Fool’ Lawyer Injured Phish Fan Whereas Dashing Stage Leads To Authorized Self-discipline For Author [ABA Journal]
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