Jun 09, 2016
Trousers Judge Facing Disciplinary Action Nearly A Decade After ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’ Suit
A hearing committee for the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility found that Roy Pearson committed two ethics violations.
Oct 30, 2007
Go Home Already: Feeling the Heat
>> Lieutenant Sean M. Egan of the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department has emailed out a citywide call for blood donations in the wake of four D.C. firefighters having been seriously burned yesterday at a rowhouse fire at 621 4th St. NE. You can find a blood donation center here. >> George Clooney is in D.C., and still hott. [GossipGirls] >> Police are investigating an arson at Western Presbyterian Church on Virginia…
Oct 23, 2007
Morning Roundup: Judge Roy Pearson’s Done Edition
Happy Tuesday, Washington. The news broke early this morning that Judge Roy Pearson will reportedly lose his job, according to sources cited by the Post. Pearson, who infamously sued the owners of Custom Cleaners first for $65 million and then later for $54 million for misplacing a pair of his pants, is a District administrative law judge who has continued to draw a paycheck despite being taken off of his case work since the…
Oct 11, 2007
Morning Roundup: Easy, Breezy Edition
Good morning, Washington. What a difference a day makes, right? Just yesterday we were complaining bitterly about the heat and about when administrative law Judge Roy Pearson would finally be brought before the panel that will decide his fate for a hearing. But both problems have been resolved, as if by magic, while we slumbered. The current temperature outside is 57 degrees in our nation’s capital, with an expected high of 66. And Judge…
Oct 10, 2007
Why Does the Pants Judge Still Have His Job?
Just when we has stopped thinking about Judge Roy Pearson and his humiliating $54 million pants law suit for a second, the Examiner steps forward to ask the most important question of all: Why on Earth is Pearson still collecting a paycheck? At the beginning of August, the panel that will ultimately decide Pearson’s fate sent the beleaguered judge a letter letting him know his job was in jeopardy, but stopped short of actually firing…
Aug 14, 2007
Pants Update: Chung Family Nicer Than Most People
Ah, the Pearson Pants Saga. It’s a story that will forever be inextricably linked with our memories of the summer of ’07, and is, much like the season, thankfully not over yet. Administrative law judge Roy Pearson, who still has his job but has been officially notified by the panel that will decide his fate that he may soon be fired, has until Wednesday to file his notice of appeal in the $54 million law…
Aug 07, 2007
Go Home Already: The Weight of the World
>> The commission charged with deciding whether to fire Administrative Law Judge Roy Pearson has voted to formally notify Pearson that he may not be reappointed to the bench. Can’t they just notify him he’s actually fired already? [WaPo] >> Metro trains carried more passengers in July than in any other month in the transit agency’s 31-year history. [Examiner] >> Aaaaand a coalition of the shrill against a hypothetical D.C. congestion tax is born….
Aug 02, 2007
Go Home Already: Decisions, Decisions
>> A federal administrative appeals court has struck down the District’s drug-pricing control law, saying it violates federal patent law. The ruling is considered a major win for the pharmaceutical industry. [WaPo] >> The city has agreed on a settlement of $1 million to about 120 protesters who were improperly detained by police during demonstrations in D.C. against the invasion of Iraq, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in 2002. [AP via…
Jul 17, 2007
Pants Lawsuit Update
District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff summarily denied Judge Roy Pearson’s motion to reconsider her June ruling against him in his $54 million law suit against Custom Cleaners. In an order filed Monday, Bartnoff said that the the plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration reargues matters that already were presented at trial, so since he makes no new argument, Pearson’s request was denied. The Chung family and their attorney, Chris Manning, have said they expect…
Jun 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…