Comments on: “How Long Should a Disciplinary Finding Haunt a Lawyer?”

By: Jack Thompson, Once and Future Attorney (Trust Me)

Jack Thompson, Once and Future Attorney (Trust Me) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:30:54 +0000

Tell “Honey” that in fact I am great, that The Bar couldn’t prove a single thing alleged against me, and I am about to restore my status as a lawyer. In the meantime, tear up your tix for the Obama Inaugural Ball. Ain’t gonna happen. Jack Thompson

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:32:23 +0000

Jack. Since you’re here, can I ask a question? What are the best “cheat codes” for Grand Theft Auto?

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:29:26 +0000

“This is the Internet, baby, once it’s out of the bottle there is no putting it back.” Yep! Even if it was never in the bottle to begin with.

By: Benji

Benji — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:20:18 +0000

Look what you did, Zoloft! By speaking his name you have summoned him here directly!

By: Jack Thompson, Attorney

Jack Thompson, Attorney — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:08:35 +0000

Walter, you have absolutely no idea what my “disciplinary” proceedings are about. They were brought by entertainment industry companies I had out-litigated and had persuaded the federal government to fine them.

Do you think the bar disciplinary process should be used by opposing counsel as a means of collateral attack, even when The Florida Bar’s own Preamble prohibits that? I’m glad you find this all amusing. Next time you write something about something you know absolutely nothing about, how about you ask the people actually involved. My email is amendmentone@comcast.net, but you knew that. Jack Thompson, Attorney

By: Bumper

Bumper — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:03:37 +0000

Barbara Shea needs a big cup of get over yourself. This is the Internet, baby, once it’s out of the bottle there is no putting it back. OTOH it was nice of her to go for the Streisand effect and alert the many million or so who had no idea that she had problems and now has issues with being outed for having problems. Great stuff these electrons.

By: z0l0ft

z0l0ft — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:13:28 +0000

The year is 2020 –

Hey Honey, I was checking the internet and I found all this great information about a true pioneer of the fight against the corruption of our youth by the videogame industry. His name was Jack Thompson. I could find nothing negative about him, so he must have been great.

By: jb

jb — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:33:38 +0000

Leaving doctors for the moment, former felons in many states lose the right to vote permanently. Some are barred from living in certain neighborhoods, or owning guns (in states without gun control laws). Every job application requires you to report if you have -ever- been convicted of a crime.

Lawyers should receive the same treatment. Or we can decide that legal punishment is about rehabilitation and cap all of this.

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:28:00 +0000

I agree with Dr. Johnson. I absolutely think that it should be the same for doctors and lawyers. I also do not think either class should be separated out for caps for malpractice awards. But certainly everything Dr. Johnson says is true with lawyers as well. We all both have malpractice insurance applications and those things that come with that.

I don’t think you can get the doctors’ names from the databank. I could be proven wrong but I don’t think so.

By: Lawyers “Haunted” by Public Availability of Bar Sanctions? - Avvo Blog

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:48 +0000

[…] Overlawyered brings up the strange case of Connecticut lawyer Barbara Shea, who is suing that state’s attorney grievance committee to stop publishing information about a 2002 suspension and three reprimands she received. Shea claims that clients and potential clients have found this information, thus costing her business. […]