Requests mental evaluation for lawyer
A Rankin Judge took the unusual step of filing a bar complaint against attorney Abby Robinson. The Jackson lawyer accused Rankin County Court Judge Kent McDaniel of retaliation after she filed a complaint against him with the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance.
The courtroom drama began in a lawsuit filed in Rankin County Court, Shope v. Mid-South Neurospine, Dr. Michael Winkman, et al. The original lawsuit claims the defendants caused the plaintiff to become addicted to opioids. Shope lost on a motion for summary judgment and filed a notice of appeal in Circuit Court. Judge McDaniel point out that the complaint was filed after the statute of limitations. Judge Dewey Arthur said she did not pay the required fees within the deadline of thirty days and dismissed the case. Shope attempted to appeal the dismissal but such efforts have been made in futility.
Shope and his lawyer refused to go away in defeat. They appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court. He filed a motion that asked the court to "remand the case to a proper court" and recuse Judge McDaniel from the case. She cited her complaint against him as support for the recusal. A plethora of exhibits were attached to the motion. The case sat silently on the docket until November 19 when she filed another an emergency motion to show cause for the Mississippi Supreme Court to order Judge McDaniel, Rankin County Circuit Clerk Becky Boyd release the paid-for court transcripts "which will end the hearsay of the judicial complaint to the Mississippi Supreme Court as a matter of law."
Mrs. Robinson attaches the bar complaint and a letter from the Commission acknowledging receipt of her complaint on September. She filed the complaint against Judge McDaniel on September 4. The exhibit was not sealed.
No good deed goes unpunished. The attorney accuses Judge McDaniel of retaliation. Judge McDaniel filed a bar complaint against Mrs. Robinson on September 9. Ironically, Judge McDaniel stated in the first sentence of the bar complaint that he was protecting her right to privacy. Judge McDaniel's letter to Mississippi Bar General Counsel Adam Kilgore says it all. No rewriting is required.
Judge McDaniel sent copies of the bar complaint to U.S. Attorney Michael Hurst, Rankin-Madison District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, and the Executive Director of the Commission. The Bar notified her of the complaint on November 17, two days before she filed the emergency motion.
Table of Contents.
P.1: Copy of emergency motion
P. 36: County Court docket
P. 54: Estimated cost of appeal
P. 74: Emergency motion for recusal and remand
P. 96: Notice of complaint from Bar
P. 98: Judge McDaniel letter to Bar
P. 102: Commission acknowledgement of receipt of complaint
P. 104: Order of dismissal
44 comments:
McDaniel is one of the best on the bench. If he says it, it's true.
This will not end well for her. And anyone who has dealt with her will not be surprised by this.
Judges McDaniel and Arthur are the best around. Atty. Robinson is not.
12:52, I second that. He really is top notch, and if he has lost patience like this, wow. Everything I have seen from Abby Robinson for the past few years supports everything Judge McDaniel says.
I know both Judges McDaniel and Jordan personally and professionally. Either of them could serve with distinction on the U. S. Supreme Court. If they have reached the point of publicly criticizing the attorney, she needs to be disbarred with all appropriate speed. I mean, good Lord!
She called herself a “freedom fighter” comparable to Harriet Tubman?
BWA-HA-HA!
She's not worthy to untie the straps of Ms. Tubman's sandals. And as we've seen from another high profile personality with NPC, she's not likely to ever admit her culpability and incompetence.
The Cipher's attorney, right?
I wholeheartedly agree about Judge McDaniel. Been practicing before him for over twenty years and he is one of the best...both professionally and personally. This attorney must have real issues if he has reached this point. The Bar and law enforcement need to take action.
It appears that Adam Kilgore filed a bar complaint against this Mensa. Kent may have filed his own, but Kilgore filed one as well.
Judge McDaniel is the GOAT! You DO NOT ass around in his courtroom, PERIOD. The poor little plebe attorney should lick her wounds and scurry away before he bends her over his knee and spanks her like the petulant child that she is.
Anyone taking odds on how this will turn out?
She seems nice, with a little crazy thrown in.
She also says she is a building contractor...hahahahahahahahaha
9% of the people reading this blog are attorneys. 12% of the nine have actually tried a case in a court-room. 23% of the people reading this blog pretend to be attorneys. Can we move on to the 87% who don't give a shit about this kind of thing?
@3:05 You sir are 120% correct!
3:05 go back to your room. no xbox for you today.
So, with the MS Bar standards (obviously) being so low, after working for attorneys over 20 years, I think I have a good chance of passing! Sign me up! I would be fired as a legal assistant if I allowed one of my attorneys to send out this drivel. Made my head hurt just reading it.
Lawyers constantly complain that the Bar does nothing about rogue lawyers- Here they are attempting to do something as Kilgore also filed a complaint and 3:05 is complaining about that- Yes lawyers do very much care about lawyers like this- If you are disinterested 3:05, there are plenty of other stories here to entertain you-
Female Carlos the Clown
3:05 -- Maybe, just maybe, try not clicking the link that says "JUDGE ACCUSES ATTORNEY of 'CRIMINAL ACTIVITY'" if you, as you so eloquently put it, "don't give a shit about this kind of thing. Just a thought.
I may have missed it above, but McDaniels sanctioned her and client to the tune of $180,000ish, of which she is personally responsible for $150,000.
3:05, please cite to the source of your statistics, then turn your attention back to FaceBook.
Speaking of FaceBook, this case demonstrates the difference between trying to manipulate public opinion and the practice of law, in a court of law. What flies on social media won't cut it in court.
Is this the same attorney that had an “issue” with the MS Bar a few months ago that sent an editorial to JJ?
@3:05
This is literally a public service to let the plebs and poors see the inner workings. Because the lack of transparency means all anyone knows is that Morgan & Morgan are “For the people” and Richard Schwartz is just “One Call” away.
"McDaniel's". -- I imagine she sees much success in court by calling out judges by name and then misspelling it. It's always worked wonders for me.
Bye Felicia!
3:05 here, again. I would like to revise my earlier comment regarding 23% of the goobers on here pretending to be or wanting to be lawdogs. It's actually 38%. Please carry on.
It's hard to believe the Bar has kept Gilgore on the payroll He is all about himself and no I have no conflict with him, a simple conference with him will tell it all
" She called herself a 'freedom fighter' "
Question:
Can some explain the hierarchy of these self proclaimed ranks ?
"freedom fighter"
"social justice warrior"
"community organizer"
"bat shit crazy person" with a JD.
Only curious . . . trying to keep up with everything.
I'm not woke yet . . . I'm still sleepy.
I can't say I don't care about this type of post, because I do. Anytime I learn of one of the sharks in the illegal profession getting grief, I get the warm and fuzzies.
She must've had Algonquin J. Calhoun write that emergency motion. That may be the worst legal document I've ever read.......
He is a professional acquaintance of some 30 years ago. To state it in colloquial terms, “she’s sckrewed”.
I’ve known Kent for over 40 years. I’m not a lawyer. He’s finest kind. However, I doubt the bar will do anything unless she stole money from a client. That seems to be the only thing that will trigger a response from them
@7:07 - I resent you insulting A. J. Calhoun. Even he could do better than this.
That she sued a doctor "in his professional and his personal capacity" tells me all I need to know about her competency to practice law. A few pages of her pleadings (any pages from any pleadings) raises serious doubts about her mental competency.
This woman clearly needs help, and needs to be removed from the practice of law (and probably society) until she gets it and demonstrates an extended period of mental and emotional stability. That's my $0.02.
Practice tip: Redact the routing and account number on your checks when you file them into the public record.
7:02, That warm and fuzzy felling is probably just the bourbon.
@1045 - you gonna redact the bank info on every check you write and get the bank employees to close their eyes when your check comes thru? Geez, get you some more tinfoil for your head.
Shoutout to the staff attorneys who have to read these pleadings...
She can cancel Christmas! Good riddens!
She is a JOKE!!
I bet watching her in court is entertaining (if she isn’t your attorney).
8:21 a.m.,
I do my best to redact the routing and account numbers of every check I file with the clerk of the court, into the public record, as an exhibit to a pleading in a lawsuit. In fact, that's one of the rules for electronic filing at the state and federal levels.
It has nothing to do with using checks as negotiable instruments. It has everything to do with not publishing banking information to the general public. Perhaps you should re-read my original comment.
-10:45
Ms. Robinson is apparently on Superlawyers Rising Stars 2020 list: https://profiles.superlawyers.com/mississippi/jackson/lawyer/abby-g-robinson/a5efa9e0-c05a-474e-9809-de4e250672f7.html
@2:53, She is a contractor and actually built several of the houses in her Bridgewater subdivision.
She is very entertaining in court, although she is disruptive and a little disrespectful to the opposite counsels. However, I have never seen her disrespectful to a judge, but I'm sure Judge McDaniel is being truthful in his complaint. He is a well-respected and fair judge.
@1234 - that would be good "riddance."
I don't know this attorney but am familiar with Judge McDaniel, and I am certain that before he said anything critical of this lawyer that he was confident that it was true, verifiable, impartial, and in the interest of preserving the integrity of the legal system. If the legal community cringes at the behavior of one of their own, then it is past time to act. Kudos to the judge for standing up for the profession.
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