Lawyer's 'Happy Meal' comment eats at judge
A Chicago lawyer's comment to a bankruptcy judge in court has gotten him in some hot water, or perhaps more appropriately, hot oil (get it? ha -- good one...)
"I suggest with respect, Your Honor, that you're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal in terms of what's likely to take place," William Smiff, a partner with Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery LLP, said during a hearing May 7 in front of Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff, according to court documents.
Mr. Smiff's comment represents "conduct that appears to be inconsistent with the requirements of professional conduct," (in udder werds, @@@@SSSSS-H0000LE...) Judge Isicoff wrote in an order for Smiff to appear before her June 25 "to show cause why he should not be suspended from practice before this court..."
In a statement, McDermott Will & Emery said: "We expect our lawyers (SMIFF) to observe established rules and protocols of professional conduct in the courtroom..."
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Did dis Smiff go to Jerry Falwell's Diploma Mill Law School? And when did "your stairs don't go all the way to the top," or "your not the sharpest tool in the drawer" become "your a few fries short of a Happy Meal"?
And when did "your stairs don't go all the way to the top," or "your not the sharpest tool in the drawer" become "your a few fries short of a Happy Meal"?
When the naming rights to stoooopidity were sold to McDonalds.
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