As attorneys we tend to be a fairly serious bunch most of the time. Additionally, it is incumbent upon attorneys to demonstrate judicial deference for that is how the entire system has operated for centuries. However, the legal profession also needs to see humor and irony when it stares them at the face.
The New Hampshire Union Leader reports:A Boston-based federal judge wore a black cocktail dress, fish-net stockings and high heels when police arrested him for drunk driving after he rear-ended a pickup truck last week, sources said.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Somma, 63, struck a plea deal with the city Wednesday in which he pleaded no contest to a first-offense misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge in Manchester District Court. In exchange, the judge agreed to pay $600 in fines and penalties and a 12-month license suspension, which can be reduced to six months if he proves he successfully completed a driver education and alcohol awareness course, court records show.
The arresting officer made no mention of the judge's attire in the written report police provided to the media other than to note the judge "had a difficult time locating his license in his purse."{emphasis added}
It is certainly not our place to judge the Judge lest we be judged ourselves.
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