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LAUGH BREAK Pantless lawyer quits post (in court in flagrante delicto)
DAILY NEWS ^
| 10/3/02
| MIKE CLAFFEY
Posted on 10/03/2002 5:09:28 AM PDT by Liz
A U.S. bankruptcy official allegedly caught with his pants down in a Brooklyn courtroom has voluntarily resigned rather than go through with a public airing of his case, the Daily News has learned.
Lawyer Stuart Gelberg, a court trustee who supervised bankruptcy cases, will be allowed to complete his caseload, according to Jane Limprecht, a spokesman for the Justice Department's U.S. Trustee program.
Gelberg, 46, was caught in a compromising position with a woman in February, according to a formal complaint filed by lawyer Gus Farinella.
Farinella said he was "shocked and outraged" by the incident and called Gelberg's conduct in the vacant courtroom "disgusting and inappropriate."
He was scheduled to testify at a disciplinary hearing in August, but the hearing was abruptly canceled, according to Farinella's lawyer, Mel Sachs.
Limprecht declined to comment on Farinella's charges or whether they played a role in Gelberg's resignation from the post he has held since 1983.
Gelberg's salary of $148,368, which is higher than that of a federal judge, is based on the size of his caseload. Court officials said his pay will decline as his caseload does.
Gelberg did not return a call for comment. Previously, he told The News that Farinella was motivated by "personal animus" against him.
Farinella, a bankruptcy lawyer who had represented clients before Gelberg, denied that charge.
Sachs said Farinella was simply acting in keeping "with the highest ethical standards expected of a member of the bar."
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No public airing of the matter? What about the public's right to know. We oughta sue.
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posted on
10/03/2002 5:09:28 AM PDT
by
Liz
To: Liz
Sue? The dem's will want to run him for president.
2
posted on
10/03/2002 5:13:20 AM PDT
by
Jaxter
To: Liz
Geeez.....who forgot the law that lawyers are not allowed to breed......
The should be nuetered when the pass the Bar Exam......
Gotta keep the herd under control ya'know...
NeverGore
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posted on
10/03/2002 5:14:11 AM PDT
by
nevergore
To: nevergore
A lawyer screwing someone in the courtroom, imagine that.
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posted on
10/03/2002 5:17:36 AM PDT
by
ChadsDad
To: Liz
What's the problem?
Sure beats trying that game in a church...
To: Liz
Lawyer Stuart Gelberg de facto and ex propio motu is alledged that locus delicti was the Court Room. Prima facie
sugests that Gelberg maxim sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas. Therefore prima facie nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege. Ipso facto the female is a amicus curiae and may have previous in camera actions.
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posted on
10/03/2002 5:31:56 AM PDT
by
Lockbox
To: Liz
At least the guy didn't have the same last name as the spokesperson, Jane Limprecht.
To: Liz
It has nothing to do with his public life - (sarcasm) Besides - she was only an intern (ahem)
Now if he used it (the courtroom) as a toilet, and took black and white pictures the NEA would have financed it and the judge would have protected it as free speech
To: Jaxter
or in the least AG - he seems to have a knack for probing
To: Publius6961
whats the difference between a lawyer and roadkill - ?
there are skidmarks in front of the roadkill
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posted on
10/03/2002 6:08:10 AM PDT
by
Mo1
To: xsmommy; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; RikaStrom; Robert A. Cook, PE; one_particular_harbour
Anyone seen OPH lately? lol
To: Liz
Perhaps the problem is that the man was caught with a woman. This is too un-pc. If it was a man caught with a man then the bar would not have been upset. I probably would have praise the choice.
these circumstances are too full of personal animus. The lawyer who reported this, gus, really needs to have an investigation as to his reason for reporting this. This did not affect clients, court was not in session, while inappropriate to use an empty deserted room in a public building for entertaining, this lawyer must really be an a-hole to report such a trial act.
To: Greeklawyer
correction above.
change I to the bar
The bar probably would have praised the choice.
To: Liz
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Anyone seen OPH lately? lol ROTFLMAO!
To: Liz
Was that a
public airing, or a
pubic airing ? Was the complaint lodged because he was having sex with a (gasp!)
woman ??
Inquiring minds want to know... each and every breath-taking detail !
To: Publius6961
Sooner shall a camel pass thru the eye of a needle than a lawyer, judge, or politician pass thru the gates of Heaven...
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posted on
10/03/2002 6:57:39 AM PDT
by
Marobe
To: Jaxter
Yup, but hope he knows what to do with a cigar.
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posted on
10/03/2002 7:04:50 AM PDT
by
Liz
To: genefromjersey
Now, now. You won't get any of the Vagina Monologues here (blush).
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posted on
10/03/2002 7:05:52 AM PDT
by
Liz
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