Jackson Jambalaya

I am tired of seeing my hard earned tax money being used to fight this crook. Lock him up and place a gag order on the attention grabbing crook. By the way, where did someone that incompetent get a law degree? And, has his law license at least been suspended?

Perhaps you need to look into the competency mirror yourself with not be able to distinguish between competency and crookedness.

While it is true the Supremes have exclusive jurisdiction over attorney disciplinary matters, the learned Chancellor has jurisdiction over the estate and the contempt of court matter. In fact, even if the Bar is successful in getting young Farraez disbarred, neither the Bar nor the Supremes have the authority to influence the estate case. All the Supremes can do is require Cory to make the estate whole to get reinstated. He cannot be made to do anything by the Bar case except pay the costs for bringing the complaint to the court.

Is Cory going to go the way of Louis Guichet? At least the drug cartels aren’t after him . . . As far as you know

to 1:10 ..................... he is not incompetent.
hes a stinking criminal.
i guess you dont know the difference having gotten you legal training from the news media and other commenters on this blog.

I respect Judge Smallwood; however, in this instance, she is wrong. She can keep jurisdiction over him and continue to hold him in civil contempt. There is precedent allowing this.

The bar is up to bat. Let’s see what they do.

" She can keep jurisdiction over him..."

"Can," "should," and "want to" are three different things. A chancellor saw a legit way to get a clusterfuck off her docket and took it. If he is now just a broke addict, she cannot make him, via order or incarceration, produce a couple of hundred grand he does not have, jurisdiction or not. It appears from the information at hand that he is done as a lawyer and headed for some type of criminal punishment as well, so there's not much more she can do other than leave it to those who will be deciding his ultimate fate anyway.

As to the crooked vs. competence debate, I'd offer that if he thought a chancellor, the Bar, and the MSSC would all just ignore his crooked little ass stealing several hundred grand from several clients, amongst other alleged offenses and admitted issues, his competence is fairly up for debate. At least.

@1:10 PM I took and passed the bar exam simply to prove how easy it is. I didn’t go to law school and have no intention of practicing law.

@5:55. In which stste did you take the exam? How did you qualify to sit for the exam with no law degree or Bar application? Please explain.

I sympathize with Judge Smallwood. She wants to wash her hands of this entire mess (which I completely understand). But this is a very odd order. Just because there are concurrent disciplinary proceedings happening with the Mississippi Supreme Court's Complaint Tribunal does not mean a Chancery Court's jurisdiction over a case pending before the Court is somehow usurped. A trial court has contempt power to enforce its orders. I don't even think it is something that can be "relinquished." The judge, of course, has the discretion on when/how to use that power (if at all). But that authority is not "relinquished" because of something else happening somewhere else with some tribunal. I feel like this was a nice way of saying, "I'm done dealing with Cory."

Wait, is this greaseball a "lawyer" or an "appraiser" of fine antiques and collectibles who might ply their grift Thursdays on MPB on "Mississippi Roadshow"?

@ "thelaw" 6:49 pm - The order states that the Miss. Supreme Court has "exclusive" jurisdiction pertaining to attorney discipline. If this situation involves attorney discipline, wouldn't the Miss. Supreme Court's exclusive jurisdiction trump any contempt power which, in this case, is based on alleged attorney misconduct?

“Wait, is this greaseball a "lawyer" or an "appraiser" of fine antiques and collectibles who might ply their grift Thursdays on MPB on "Mississippi Roadshow"?”

His mother is the Executive Director of the MPB Foundation.

@7:16 - The fun of dissecting words—it’s what keeps us attorneys employed. So yes, the Supreme Court does, indeed, have original and “exclusive” jurisdiction over attorney discipline. But that “discipline” is referring to the right to practice law (and in accordance with the Rules of Professional Conduct). As in, the Supremes have the “exclusive” jurisdiction over whether an attorney should be disciplined with respect to their license (e.g., reprimanded, suspended, disbarred, etc.). A trial court still holds contempt powers to enforce its orders. It’s not “attorney discipline” on the contempt side. He just happens to be an attorney. It’s the fact he is a person violating a Chancery Court’s Orders that subjects him to contempt (not his status as an attorney). The “attorney discipline” is still “exclusive” to the Supreme Court (which has delegated that authority to the Complaint Tribunal). In other words, only the Supreme Court can disbar him (the Chancery Court doesn’t have that authority). But the Chancery Court does maintain authority to enforce its Orders (and to do so through its contempt powers). Make sense?

@5:55, no you didn’t. But, I agree with your point. Passing the bar exam has very little to do with being prepared to competently practice law. Passing law school also has very little to do with being prepared to competently practice law.

@ thelaw: Yes. That makes perfect sense. Thanks for explaining.

What is it about money that makes people want it so bad? Loving money really is the root of all evil.

Scumbag

Finding a competent lawyer, that’s a task

Seriously. You can’t just sign up and take it.

Judge Smallwood made the smartest move possible. She relinquished only the disciplinary matters to the Mississippi Supreme Court. They will issue an Order that carries out their duty as they see fit -- I predict harshly. Then jurisdiction of all remaining issues will return to her Chancery Court. Thus taking away potential jurisdictional arguments on this idiot's future attempts at appeal(s)/delays on this ground. Judge Smallwood took the wisest step and his problems are far from over.

"I took and passed the bar exam simply to prove how easy it is. I didn’t go to law school and have no intention of practicing law."

Perhaps you meant the LSAT?

But if you don't know the different between the bar exam and the LSAT, you really are a living of the Dunning–Kruger effect.

Taking the bar exam is a months-long process you start in your final year of law school. When I delayed taking it because I got a clerkship and figured I'd take advantage of using what I learned, the bar admissions people tracked me down like I was a fugitive. The LSAT and the bar exam are nothing alike. Whoever is claiming they took the bar exam for fun is an idiot.