NOT the ethical way to “present a motion”…

New York has suspended  lawyer Lawrence Baker from the practice of law for two years after it was determined that he behaved unethically with a female opposing counsel after  a judge overseeing a pretrial conference in chambers left the room to attend to another matter. For his part, Baker only admits to engaging in inappropriate conversation and giving the women a “love tap” on the shoulder. Uh, well, it seems to have been a bit more than that. An investigation determined that Baker kissed the lawyer, plunged his hands down her blouse, fondled her, and, <cough>, exposed himself.

The technical term for this, in the ABA’s ethics rules, is “engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.” 

The old gag about this kind of conduct was that the lawyer “presented his briefs” to opposing counsel.

The vernacular term for it is, “YIKES!”

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Source and Facts: ABA Journal

Graphic: Leer Centrum