{"id":24812,"date":"2015-05-26T17:34:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24812"},"modified":"2015-05-26T17:34:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T21:34:34","slug":"judge-ignores-defense-lawyer-because-he-is-an-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24812","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Judge Ignores Defense Lawyer Because He Is an Owl&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loweringthebar.net\/2015\/05\/judge-ignores-owl.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LoweringTheBar+%28Lowering+the+Bar%29\">Judge Ignores Defense Lawyer Because He Is an Owl<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The above item is from Lowering the Bar. I&#8217;m thinking I&#8217;d personally prefer the owl representing me t<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p13yRc-6s7\">han the lawyer who randomly groped women.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But hey I am perseverating. As an apology, here&#8217;s Kevin Underhill&#8217;s opening paragraphs, with a photo of the owl lawyer (just in case you want to retain him and need to visually identify him when he comes to court for you):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The caption in this KGMH report oversells the story a bit, but then so does my headline.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" title=\"video at KMGH's site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/news\/local-news\/aspen-man-goes-to-court-with-stuffed-owl-as-his-public-defender\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451bd4469e201b8d117e646970c img-responsive\" title=\"Solomon\" src=\"http:\/\/kevinunderhill.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451bd4469e201b8d117e646970c-500wi\" alt=\"Solomon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/16415230-113\/aspen-defendant-enlists-stuffed-animal-as-his-attorney\" target=\"_blank\">Aspen Times reported on May 19<\/a> that a man who was accused of violating a protective order brought a stuffed owl along with him and suggested that it was going to act as his defense attorney. Referring to the owl as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon\" target=\"_blank\">Solomon<\/a>,&#8221; presumably to suggest wisdom, Charles Abbott claimed that it had no fewer than three law degrees and was more responsive than a public defender was likely to be.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s a very sensitive guy,&#8221; Abbott told the judge, &#8220;[and] has law degrees from Yale, Harvard, and Stanford.&#8221; He must be sensitive, if he&#8217;s willing to work for this guy despite presumably being at least half a million dollars in debt now. It&#8217;s also frankly a little surprising that somebody smart enough to graduate from Yale, Harvard, and Stanford law schools wouldn&#8217;t also realize that he only needed one law degree. But then he is a stuffed animal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Despite his impressive credentials, the judge just ignored him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh, geez. He&#8217;s a STUFFED owl! Well, that changes everything, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Judge Ignores Defense Lawyer Because He Is an Owl The above item is from Lowering the Bar. I&#8217;m thinking I&#8217;d personally prefer the owl representing me than the lawyer who randomly groped women. But hey I am perseverating. 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