 Administrative law judge Roy Pearson leaves court after the second day of his trial in Washington on Wednesday. Jin and Soo Chung are being sued by Pearson for $54 million for what he calls 'misleading signage' at their dry-cleaning business. |
Posted on 06/17/2007 12:45:46 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Pants lawsuit could cost D.C. judge his $100,000 job
Jun 15, 2007 3:00 AM (2 days ago)
by Scott McCabe and Dan Genz, The Examiner
(AP)
Administrative law judge Roy Pearson leaves court after the second day of his trial in Washington on Wednesday. Jin and Soo Chung are being sued by Pearson for $54 million for what he calls "misleading signage" at their dry-cleaning business. WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The boss of Roy L. Pearson Jr., the administrative law judge whose $54 million pants lawsuit has turned the D.C. legal system into a punch line on late-night talk shows, has recommended that the city deny Pearson another term on the bench, D.C. government sources said Thursday.
In a letter to the three-person commission that will decide whether Pearson gets reappointed, District of Columbia Chief Administrative Judge Tyrone T. Butler said Pearson does not deserve a 10-year term to the post, which pays more than $100,000 a year.
“My sense is that the commission will not reappoint him,” a D.C. government source said.
Butler’s letter reverses his previous recommendation in support of Pearson that he sent to the commission before the pants suit case gained worldwide notoriety.
Butler would not comment on his recommendation, according to his office.
Administrative judges preside over disputes between a government agency and people bringing complaints against the agency.
Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff said she would rule on Pearson’s lawsuit by next week. Pearson broke down on the stand twice trying to describe the day he learned that he would never see his pants again. He has requested $500,000 in legal fees for the 1,400 hours he says he put into the case. A friend testified that Pearson had no life outside the office because he was consumed with the case, working nights and weekends.
Pearson has had a history of doggedly pursuing legal matters.
Before he became a D.C. judge two years ago, Pearson was unemployed after working as legal aid attorney for 24 years. He worked on one tenant lawsuit for 18 years, appealing the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
His former boss once called him the best attorney he ever hired, but their relationship soured and Pearson quit in 2002.
In 2005, in his divorce suit, Virginia courts ordered him to pay his ex-wife, also a lawyer, $12,000 for “creating unnecessary litigation” and threatening her and her attorney with disbarment.
At the time of the ruling, he had no steady job, no bank account and less than $2,000 in cash.
Administrative law judge Roy Pearson leaves court after the second day of his trial in Washington on Wednesday. Jin and Soo Chung are being sued by Pearson for $54 million for what he calls 'misleading signage' at their dry-cleaning business. |
I have a funny feeling this talentless hack thinks Koreans should be his slaves
Affirmative action at work?
This judge shouldn’t be trusted judging a coin toss.
THIS is a victimizer.
>>In 2005, in his divorce suit, Virginia courts ordered him to pay his ex-wife, also a lawyer, $12,000 for “creating unnecessary litigation” and threatening her and her attorney with disbarment.
At the time of the ruling, he had no steady job, no bank account and less than $2,000 in cash.<<
So of course they made him a judge...
You know the old saying: A judge is a lawyer who’s too lazy to chase his own ambulances.
He really loved those pants
Well, if he wins the 54 million, he won’t need a job.
This is serious. This is trouser reparations.
I’m surprised he wasn’t taken down already by a judicial ethics committee on grounds of being stark raving nuts crazy.
That's a disqualification?
It amazes me that a man with his education and status would pursue something so trivial and stupid. The conduct committee should terminate his office.
Why am I not surprised?
Surprises me that Al and Jessie were not there to lend their support for the judge.
Oh, there will be. Maybe offset by the value of the pants he lost. (Like removing a drop from a bucket.)
Like attorneys fees to the defendant and suspension of his law license.
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