June 15, 2007
Pearson's Boss: Dude's Too Crazy to Be a Judge
If the results of our poll yesterday are any indication, ordinary people feel pretty strongly that administrative law Judge Roy Pearson is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, and really ought not to be a judge anymore. Finally, the Examiner brings word that Pearson's employer agrees with that sentiment.
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.
At least one administrative judge in D.C. has come to his senses. Butler isn't the only member of the legal community who has turned on Pearson since his multi-million dollar pants lawsuit started making headlines. The American Association for Justice, the renamed Association of Trial Lawyers of America, filed an ethics complaint against Pearson in May with the D.C. Bar. We don't know who the Examiner's unnamed government source is, but we certainly hope they're right.
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Does anyone know what common people like me who are residents of the District and are repulsed by this half-mad judge's behavior can do with respect to filing complaints, supporting his non-reappointment, etc.?
Trial lawyers are now the American Association of Justice? That's hilarious.
Perhaps the NRA should be rebranded The Patriotic League of Freedom.
Planned Parenthood could become The International Overpopulation Condemnation Affiliate.
The dude is whacked!!!!
I hope the judge is fired as soon as possible.
Additionally I would like to see him pay the cleaners legal bills. I'm not a lawyer - does anyone know if that is possible in DC?
chris: go to dc.gov and click on the "Contact the Mayor" link under Hizzoner's photo on the upper right corner.
I actually heard a laywer say that the Pearson Pants-a-Rama isn't technially "frivolous litigation" but is "morally frivolous litigation."
"I actually heard a laywer say that the Pearson Pants-a-Rama isn't technially 'frivolous litigation' but is 'morally frivolous litigation.'
Makes sense. I mean, he arguably has a valid claim in the sense that the cleaners appear to have misplaced his pants, and profess that a customer's 'Satisfaction is Guaranteed.'
That being said, he's also totally guano-loco if he thinks that somehow translates into $56 million, and warrants a crying fit, witnesses referencing the Nazis, and anything more than a small claims case.
Whereas, a truly frivolous claim has absolutely no legitimately arguable basis.
I think the IRS has a valuation for used men's trousers. recall seeing it on the back of a Salvation Army receipt. Anyone have one handy? I'd love to know how much the IRS says Mr. Pearson’s pants are worth.
I'll ask # 9 be stricken from the record, thanks.
"American Association of Justice"
Watch out! Superman and the League of Justice might sue for copyright.