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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 08:57 AM
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I guess that lawyer is happy now that the dry cleaners had to sell their store. All for lost pants!!
Edited on Thu Sep-20-07 09:02 AM by Shell Beau
What an ass!!!

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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:07 AM
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1. He should be disbarred. What a nasty fucker
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:51 PM
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32. Already lost his job (almost)
See below
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GardeningGal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:10 AM
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2. Why did they have to sell?
I thought they won the lawsuit and the guy that sued them was responsible for their legal fees.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:10 AM
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3. You go girl!!!
Umm, what are you talking about?
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:13 AM
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4. Haha!! I had a link but it messed up!
Do you remember the lawyer that sued the cleaners for $54 million for losing his pants? Well, they now had to go out of business because of the legal fees.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:15 AM
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5. Oh...ok
I think I recall something about it. That just plain sucks. I hope no one uses that lawyer for now on.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:16 AM
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6. they had to sell a couple of their stores I believe, but are still in business.
they lost the wrong dudes pants.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:18 AM
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7. No joke! A freakin' pair of pants! And I think they ended up finding them!
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:19 AM
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8. Saw them interviewed and the woman was crying...
the lawyer sounds like a real scumbag.
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:21 AM
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9. I heard a short blurb about it on the radio this morning....
Edited on Thu Sep-20-07 09:23 AM by SacredCow
The pants-less guy did lose the case, but supposedly has filed another claim against them. The cleaners say that they can't afford to go through it all again, so they're closing.

If I'm not mistaken, the guy's actually a judge- can anyone verify?

On Edit...
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/09/17/daily32.html
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:26 AM
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11. He should really be ashamed! What a waste of time and money.
For a pair of pants!! Just blows my mind.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:50 AM
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13. He filed ANOTHER?
:eyes:

This guy should not only be disbarred... he should be fined HEAVILY for this idiotic crap.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:52 AM
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14. I agree! What a complete and total cocky asshole!
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 10:19 AM
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16. After reading, I don't think he's filed YET....
But the notion is that he plans to appeal.

Must've been some pants.... :eyes:
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 10:11 AM
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15. He's an Administrative Law Judge in DC
The case has taken on a tinge of African-American versus Korean-American enmity.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:41 AM
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17. I think we may have found a new AG! n/t
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:43 AM
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18. Oh no!!
:P
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:02 PM
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24. haven't seen much about this twit's political affiliations...
I suppose nobody would claim him at this point....
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:14 PM
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27. Affiliations are less important than vindictiveness and worship of Mammon.
This turd sounds overqualified.
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:29 PM
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29. Of course....
He's a fuckwit, regardless.
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:25 AM
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10. His client's not exactly a fair-minded citizen, either.

A judge should have thrown this BS out of court.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 09:30 AM
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12. I thought 'Murika was moving away from
"frivolous lawsuits".

I guess not.

;(
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:45 AM
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19. If I truly believed in Hell - there would be a very "special" place there for that asshat
It is a fucking pair of pants for chrissake. Things (pants) can be replaced.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:48 AM
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20. You know one time a restaurant got my order wrong and it caused
extreme pain and suffering! Don't I deserve $60 million!!!!!

Please, this guy is a joke! What a dildo!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:51 AM
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21. I can do better - I am allergic to nutrasweet and one time
a restaurant served me diet coke instead of regular coke. I want $150 million. All in small and unmarked bills.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:52 AM
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22. Oooh, I think you deserve even more than that! At least half a billion!
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 11:59 AM
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23. This whole thread is causing me emotional distress...
You owe me $5
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:04 PM
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25. The check is in the mail!
:P
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:34 PM
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30. Woo Hoo! I'm super-sizing it tonight!!
nt
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:06 PM
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26. Agreed. Some lawyers/judges are unbelievable jerks.
Edited on Thu Sep-20-07 12:44 PM by Dangerously Amused


Looks like he did a similar thing in his divorce case:

"The trial court found that husband was substantially responsible for 'excessive driving up' of the legal costs by 'threatening both wife and her lawyer with disbarment ,' and creating unnecessary litigation. Consequently, it awarded wife $12,000 in legal fees to be paid by husband.""

See http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opncavwp/0561044.pdf



For those who feel like doing more than just bitching about it here, you can contact him directly:


Pearson, Roy L Jr
3012 Pineview Ct NE
Washington, DC 20018-1617

Or leave a message on his answering machine (he doesn't answer his phone directly anymore): (202) 269-1191

Or send him an email: roypearsonjr@verizon.net


You can contact his boss:

Chief Administrative Law Judge Tyrone Butler
D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings
825 N. Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C., 20002


And/or the guys who decide whether he will sit for another 10 year term on the bench:

Commissioner Robert Rigsby
Commissioner Henry Levine
Commissioner Peter Wilner
Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges
441 Fourth Street NW
Suite 540 S
Washington, D.C. 20001


You can also voice your opinion to the Mayor of DC: http://dc.gov/contact/index.shtm

Finally, a defense fund to support the Chung's has been set up at: Chris Manning Manning & Sossamon PLLC 1532 Sixteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20036 202) 387-2228 202) 387-2229 (Fax) cmanning@manning-sossamon.com http://www.manning-sossamon.com


- - -

All of the above sourced: Washington Post; linked article w some interesting comments here:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/05/dc_judge_wants_65_million_for.html



Edit: Spelling, grammar, clarity.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:35 PM
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31. Awesome! Thanks for the info!
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:30 PM
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35. No prob.



Hey Shell. Good to see you posting again!


:hi:
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:38 PM
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37. Aw thanks! Too bad I can't post much these days! I do enjoy popping in though!
:hi:
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kay1864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:54 PM
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33. Those commissioners already declined to renew him
Edited on Thu Sep-20-07 12:58 PM by kay1864
From Wikipedia:

On August 2, 2007 it was revealed that a panel recommended not to give Pearson a ten year term as an Administrative Law Judge, after his initial two year term expired mid-2007, in part because his suit against Mr Chung demonstrated a lack of "judicial temperament." Pearson was appointed in 2005 and will lose his $100,512 salary if a hearing upholds that decision.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/08/first_pants_man_loses_case_nex.html

Like a poster above, I hope someone represents them in a counter-suit.

However (from the above WaPo article):

As satisfying as it would be to see Pearson lose his post over his obsessive pursuit of the Chungs, the downside for the owners of the dry cleaners is that with Pearson out of a job, their chances of ever recovering the court fees that Pearson has already been assessed and the attorney's fees that he may yet be ordered to pay would be severely diminished.

As has happened at every stage of this sorry case, it is possible to win the legal battle while still being destroyed by the process.
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:29 PM
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34. Thanks for the update.



I didn't have the time to do background research on it. But you did. Again, thanks!

:hi:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 12:18 PM
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28. Please tell me they're considering a counter suit!
Can't some lawyer take their case and bring a counter suit?
I don't know, 'cause I'm not a lawyer (although I once played with one while watching tv).
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:31 PM
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36. I am such a bad person.
But dry cleaners... counter suit... :rofl:































:hide:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:50 PM
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38. Can't some lawyer take their case and bring a counter suit...
and then smack billyskank upside his pointy head? (You're SOOOOO lucky I left my taser in my car!)

:patriot:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 02:50 PM
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39. They should take that guy to the cleaners.
:D
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-20-07 03:45 PM
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40. Wait, isn't that what got them into trouble in the first place?
:toast: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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