If you think lawyers talk too much, you have to read this new blog post...

Recently, a Tennessee lawyer was suspended from the practice of law when he kept talking after a federal judge ordered him to keep quiet. A Chief U.S. District Judge said this talkative lawyer "harbors a disrespect for the institutional role of the judge," and that "this disrespect is so ingrained and deep-seated that he seems unable to realize its full extent, and he expresses it in ways that are clearly detrimental to himself".

This lawyer was also convicted of contempt, fined $5,000 and sentenced to probation for the incident. During the hearing, the lawyer was being questioned about a possible conflict of interest. He was accused of repeatedly interrupting or speaking above the judge, of claiming the prosecution was conspiring to prevent him from trying cases, and of threatening to remain mute. When the judge asked him to keep quiet, this asked to speak to his client, prompting the judge to order him jailed.

Enough said...