Get this--a law firm in Florida was ordered to file a proposed order in a bankruptcy case. The order that got filed online, under the account of an attorney at the firm who had no connection to the case, was totally botched.
When the judge brought the attorneys in to explain it, they claimed that two paralegals put the crummy order together and filed it under the attorney's account without his knowledge. They even got at least one of the paralegals to stand up in front of the judge and take all the blame.
!!!!!
The judge was less than impressed. He chastised the attorneys for bringing in a paralegal to take the fall,
since everyone knows a judge is unlikely to sanction a paralegal. He reminded the lawyers that it is their job to supervise and train the paralegals, and sanctioned the lawyer who was responsible.
And, given that federal court online filing accounts are password-protected, we're all left to wonder who's minding that particular store.
You can see the whole story here: http://abovethelaw.com/2015/03/bankruptcy-judge-benchslaps-a-biglaw-firm-hard/
No comments:
Post a Comment
Feel free to comment--but all comments will be reviewed by me before they get posted. I will not post anything scurrilous about Ivy Tech students, faculty, or staff, or about members of the local community. Truth is not a defense. This just isn't going to be that kind of blog.