It is never, ever a good idea to tick off a judge, much less one of the federal variety. However, Jackson attorney Abby Robinson is managed to do so in federal court. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III had enough and chewed her out but the lawyer was determined to have the last word, forgetting the Court always has the last word.
The latest courtroom drama involving Mrs. Robinson begins in Norman v. Geico. Plaintiffs seek recovery after suffering an automobile accident with an uninsured motorist. The case wound up in federal court. Mrs. Robinson apparently filed a few defective and poorly pleadings while questioning Judge Jordan's integrity. Such antics did not sit too well with the Judge. He had a few things to say in a footnote to an order issued in August:
It is impossible to ignore Plaintiffs’ accusation that the Court is now somehow “bias as well as prejudice to Plaintiffs’.” Pls.’ Reply [17] at 5 (sic). Similar comments permeate Plaintiffs’ briefs. See, e.g., id. at 7 (“[T]his honorable Court has chosen to ignore the same law which totally confuses Plaintiffs.”). Their counsel then claims that she “might not be favored in the eyes of others in law,” id., but asserts that she has an ethical responsibility to zealously represent her clients, id. at 8. There is a difference between zealous representation—which is required—and acerbic remarks or unfounded claims of bias and prejudice. The latter do not serve the client well because inflamed rhetoric is no substitute for an argument grounded in a correct understanding of the law. No court is persuaded by bluster. And in this case, the Court—to include the magistrate judge—has exercised considerable restraint as counsel has attempted to navigate federal procedure. To be clear, the Court has no interest in who prevails, and it certainly has no incentive to keep a case that should be remanded; denying the Normans’ motion only creates more work in a case that has already generated more than it should. Finally, neither the Normans nor counsel’s future clients need worry that the Court will alter its rulings based on who represents them. Counsel will prevail when she should—as she did on several motions leading to the first remand—but she should refrain from baseless accusations and unsupported legal assertions.
The order contained a few other pointed observations about counsel's mistakes:
The Normans seek “reconsideration” without citing the applicable rule of procedure or legal standards.
But before reaching that issue, the Court must revisit the correct standards and address the Normans’ claim that the Court intentionally ignored the law
2 Nearly every statement from Plaintiffs’ briefs that is quoted in this Order contains multiple grammatical and/or typographical errors. Rather than highlighting each mistake, the Court will simply insert a single “sic” after each quote containing such errors.
The Normans also suggest that the Court improperly allowed GEICO to submit too many documents proving its point.
Mrs. Robinson did not take too kindly to Judge Jordan's comments and fired back with an objection as she was determined to have the last word.
However, Plaintiff’s attorney respectfully is forced to make this record for the benefit of Plaintiffs since the Court stated remarks that might cause Plaintiffs to assume their lawyer might be illiterate or otherwise, and the record is also made so all readers including the higher courts, if necessary can follow Plaintiffs issues before the district courts.
First, we seem to be in an age where the court chooses to dismantle the lawyer before them with harmful comments as the one cited in the above aforementioned paragraph. It appears that such comments are not provided to help the attorney understand nor know what is expected by the court, but rather vicious words to attempt to dissuade the lawyer from working/arguing law before such court.
The issue in this weird mean hearted statement is that it is likely true that Plaintiff’s counsel has several grammatical errors within her pleading[s], but even with such errors
As such, Plaintiff’s attorney wants to make sure that everyone involved in legal courtroom arguments with this attorney understands what they are seeing. Plaintiffs’ attorney is a black woman, a freedom fighter of the 21st century. Yes, the writing and grammatical errors as stated by the court is a result of Plaintiff’s lawyer going to public schools where children had to be more concerned about a meal and not being attacked while walking home from school than learning all the ways to punctuate a paragraph.
Another reason that this court along with other courts will find Plaintiffs lawyer a bit different than other practicing attorneys that comes before the honorable judge, is that this attorney has been through many attacks by racist, mean hearted and despicable people. This attorney even this year has had to fight against racism just to live in her personal home with her family. And as far as this attorney can tell, that is all because there are some people whom are not African American, that will like very much for their neighborhood to remain all white. However, this attorney, as I have taught my children, would like to know that the system works, that the laws of the U.S. Constitution works for all people, and not some....
However, Plaintiffs’ lawyer has no different feeling about the court even after it is clear that the court desired the mean spirited words to humiliate and embarrass Plaintiff’s attorney before the opposing counsels.
However, Plaintiffs counsel still says to the world that she is a freedom fighter no different that strong black women such as Harriet Tubman, who fought forward in the opposition of strong forces. Plaintiffs attorney contend that just as Harriet made it, I will too with misspelled words and grammatical errors.
Plaintiffs file this document as an objection to the court’s order regarding the court’s hard words in the court’s footnote number two. Plaintiffs’ attorney is in on wise being disrespectful to the chief judge of the Southern District, instead making a record for possibly appeal and/or for the benefit of the readers.
Layman's observation: a lawyer never has the last word with a judge. Ever.
63 comments:
What an idiot. Comparing herself to Harriet Tubman and blaming whitey for her down falls. Harriet Tubman pulled her self up by her boot straps and worked her ass off, she didn't wallow in pity and the "its always someone else's fault" mentality.
What an idiot-
I practiced law with Judge Jordan for a number of years, and I assure all that the Judge is as fair minded, intelligent, and devoted to the principles of law as any judge you could hope to find.
Damaged goods. There are people in every walk of life who have become so obsessed with what they perceive as persecution that they become practically useless. They cannot look in the mirror and see the real problem, especially if there are others who feed their paranoia. I suspect in Black Jackson, Mississippi this lady has found fertile ground for her overblown obsession. Too bad for her poor clients.
I know she won't do it, but maybe if she could go to some other part of the country where she believes her race is not the overwhelming factor she could see how poor performance is her paramount issue. Just a suggestion.
I'm laughing at the part where she basically admits she doesn't even have a middle-school grasp on grammar and blames the educational system. The judge ought to summon her law school teachers and ask them why they obviously let someone through that can't produce a properly formatted document. You know she had to turn in crap like that in school if she's going to turn it in to an actual court.
"Yes, the writing and grammatical errors as stated by the court is a result of Plaintiff’s lawyer going to public schools..." (sic)
Why would anyone hire an attorney when she admits she is poorly educated?
Isn't this the same attorney whom alleged a Ridgeland HOA was racist for pointing out that her home's porch was falling off?
Stupid. Aggressively stupid.
The fact that she is blaming public schools for grammatical and spelling errors when countless programs will alert you and suggest proper corrections is BEYOND lazy. This attorney clearly doesn’t want to elevate and inspire the black community... she wants to victimize the black community. I cannot believe she has any clients left. She is making an absolute fool of herself!
I am no lawyer but this quote from the esteemed says it all:
"It appears that such comments are not provided to help the attorney understand nor know what is expected by the court, but rather vicious words to attempt to dissuade the lawyer from working/arguing law before such court."
I would not think it is the place of a federal judge the help out an attorney just because they went to public schools. But that's just dumb ole me.
The plaintiff should have used Morgan and Morgan and Morgan and Morgan..... Obviously all those damn TV commercials have gone to waste.
Man, I can’t wait until Zundria Crawford has her bar results overturned and gets her law license. She, Abby, and Carlos could form one hell of a firm.
Wow, I had to read maybe 30% of this before the lawyer played the race card. I am actually embarrassed for her.
This bottom feeder is just "running up the meter."
It appears that while Plaintiffs attorney knows how to use the thesaurus option in Word, she is unfamiliar with spell check.
I'm truly embarrassed for her. The unfortunate part is that she really doesn't seem to feel that she should be embarrassed for herself, but that a federal court should lower their to standards to her bar. Very unfortunate that someone would have her representing them.
Heck, I thought this was about Carlos until I read the word SHE
"Yes, the writing and grammatical errors as stated by the court is a result of Plaintiff’s lawyer going to public schools where children had to be more concerned about a meal and not being attacked while walking home from school than learning all the ways to punctuate a paragraph."
Yikes.
This isn’t rational behavior. The Bar and it’s attorney wellness program need to check in on this lawyer.
Excerpt from the, ahem, "Plantiffs Motion For The District Court Judge Assigned To This Court Case To Recuse Himself Of This Case,"
"...since the Court stated remarks that might cause Plaintiffs to assume their lawyer might be illiterate or otherwise..."
I'm going to say the "or otherwise" option is now off the table.
The Bar should act but no one will initiate anything for fear of being branded racist. She's a loud dunce.
If I was her client I would obtain another attorney and sue her for errors and omissions under her professional liability. If she can't file on time and do basic things that are not defective she should pay. By inflaming the judge all you are doing is torpedoing your own case.
12:25 PM
What do you think they'll call it? Dewey, Cheatham and Howe?
1:20, Please see below:
http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2020/11/judge-accuses-attorney-of-criminal.html
>The Normans also suggest that the Court improperly allowed GEICO to submit too many documents proving its point.
"Your Honor, I object!"
"And why is that, Mr. Reed?"
"Because it's devastating to my case!"
"Over ruled."
11:33 The problem with law schools is that they don't base the passage of courses to the quality of written assignments but rather to a single grade on a single test. And that the answers to that test are usually hand written, so grammatical and spelling errors are probably overlooked in favor of correct conclusions. Just because you can read does not mean you can write.
Her problems are a lot deeper and she got by the bar exam...
11:33 Exactly! She is a product of affirmative action, the kind that society fears. She's been coddled SO much, out of fear of being called "whatever," that's she's been ushered through whatever academic hurdles she's encountered. This is an example of why people fear having certain people as their "professionals." It could be that one of these professionals is the absolute smartest person in their class. Likewise, it could be that they're nothing more than the person needed to fill the quota for that year. You just don't know. In her case, however, there's absolutely no doubt! One of the biggest problems is that they don't realize what's being done to THEM in the name of "fairness." People are less likely to trust them, because they can't be sure they're qualified.
12:50 You're correct also. "Higher" education has been in the business of dumbing-down their students for decades....all in the name of "fairness." Yet, all it takes is to read a thread like this to see what outcome that policy produces!
If she didn’t have the race card, what would her excuse be?
"Heck, I thought this was about Carlos until I read the word SHE". Hell, it may still be about Carlos, the way he bitches, moans and groans.
This isn't running the meter. She is doing this on contingency. The only way to beat lawyers that do this sort of thing is to make it not economically worth it for them to proceed. You lose enough cases, then you are broke.
She got into and out of a law school, how?
Anyone know which public school system, college and law school she attended? It is hard to believe someone could go through that much education and still fail to appreciate the need for proper communication in all business fields, especially law. Legal writing is a step above most other business fields and it isn't particularly easy. The nature of many written legal documents is to persuade the reader, to argue subtle nuances of the law, to deftly navigate the client's weak areas or to memorialize agreements and planning through contracts and other documents, all while understanding that your written documents may be analyzed in great detail by different readers and decision makers. I can understand weaknesses in grammar and writing, but it is an absolute necessity to overcome those weaknesses in the legal profession. As other have said, there are countless ways to check spelling and grammar. Those tools can teach one to be critical of their writing and to understand the importance of proper grammar both for the writer and the reader.
Does it strike anyone as odd that a self-proclaimed advocate for black people ridicules the public education for not educating her?
I wonder if other black people will begin ridiculing the public educational system?
She will probably lead the defense team that will represent the Summit town councilwoman (that freaked out and starting shooting up the Wal Mart parking lot in McComb) last weekend.
Got'a love Pike County.
She probably took someone else's spot in law school that might have become a fantastic
counselor.
And what would have qualified her to do such a thing?
Judge Jer-Dan:
American woman, stay away from me
American woman, mama let me be
Don't come a hangin' around my door
I don't want to see your face no more
I got more important things to do
Than spend my time growin' old with you
Now woman, I said stay away
American woman, listen what I say.
Puhleeze, gurl, learn to write English.
She makes Carlos look competent. Funny how all of the judge she has been reported to have attacked are held in very high regard by most lawyers.
Both judges that are sideways with this attorney are a pleasure to be in their courtrooms. Both are level headed, beyond smart, and fair. Both have both ruled for me and both against me. Every time they had sound reasoning and never showed favoritism or anything but a reading of the law. Period I haven’t always agreed with the outcomes but never disagreed with the process, and that is all you can ask for in court, a fair shot for your clients.
Attn 4:06 she did not take anybody’s place in law school. Ole Miss can not get anywhere close to capacity in its law school. They bend over backwards to get and keep law students, good or bad.
Wtf is that title??? How about just Motion to Recuse?
Also, I wonder why this is in Federal Court; claiming more than $75,000.00?
2:21 Actually she is the product of a lot of things, the least of which might be affirmative action. Those things might not fit your narrative but they can be very real and make a person, black or white, very difficult to reason with. This woman seems obsessed with persecution and she is so untrusting and defensive that she will not take counsel or seek self-improvement. She needs help before moving forward with a legal career. It's pitiful.
I wish every judge in America had the integrity of Judge Jordan. What an imbecile, useless bitch.
I am a black male attorney. I don’t know Abby Robinson so I won’t speak on her. I have practiced a great deal before Judge Jordan. He is a very fair judge that treats everyone with respect. In my opinion, he should be on the 5th Circuit.
"2:21 Actually she is the product of a lot of things, the least of which might be affirmative action. Those things might not fit your narrative but they can be very real and make a person, black or white, very difficult to reason with. This woman seems obsessed with persecution and she is so untrusting and defensive that she will not take counsel or seek self-improvement. She needs help before moving forward with a legal career. It's pitiful."
Well bless her little heart.
This proves that education standards in Mississippi are beyond inadequate. How did she get out of high school much less law school.
Google cannot provide her education....bueller...bueller...bueller?
At what law school was this woman on law review?
When did attorneys start typing their own pleadings? Back in the day we secretaries did that. And we sure didn't put a document on an attorney's desk unless the grammar and spelling were correct.
But we also took dictation (shorthand). Dictaphones were out then but the senior partners didn't like fooling with them. Attorneys didn't advertise then either.
Ah the memories.
Tell me where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head? Poor creature!
While I doubt the veracity of her excuse for poor writing, for most high school is 4 years. That’s maybe 4 English classes. What’s her excuse for not now enrolling in a remedial writing course? Perhaps if she asks nicely (or is it ax?) she’ll find “Hooked on Phonics” under her Bridgewater Christmas tree.
Doesn't Kenneth Stokes also have a law degree?
I believe she went to Southern's law school in the lower LA. Its not accredited, but our Bar admitted her in 2016....
Since we are a self governing body, should we be entitled to know whether she passed the exam legitimately or whether she sued (or threatened) to become a member?
As an aside, the Honorable Judge Carlos Moore (aka Judge Los) would not waste his time with this small fry. Judge Los is a "Global" leader...............[looking for the sarcasm font].
the vaulted mississippi state bar association exits to regulate conduct such as this, but they have more important things to worry about. mainly where they are going to go to lunch.
the high 7 figure salaries and full benefits they pull down, and the do nothing jobs they have will give a person an appetite.
Dang, I ain’t that smart, however I darn sho know how to pick my battles! Miss Abby you need to have a talk with Big Mamma or Paw Paw you is tripping! Do you argue with your bathroom mirror?
If I had a case and hired an Attorney. I would want one that can go before a Judge with a respectful demeanor, integrity and respect. Dang I wouldn’t want a loose cannon as and Attorney.
I don’t know you, but what I’m hearing and from you actions you need help! It’s not to late for a intervention and a turnaround!
If a Judge is mean, nasty and f—ked up, please don’t tell him and your are representing me. I’d fire you on the spot and represent myself!
Way to go Abby! If you don’t have a case, blame it on RACE!
Maybe she might consider entering a partnership with Carlos. The firm of Robinson & Moore would set the benchmark for incompetence!
Naaah! Even Carlos is smarter than to get caught up in that.
@7:46AM... high seven figure salaries??? that would be millions and millions of dollars. lol
"I am a black male attorney. I don’t know Abby Robinson so I won’t speak on her."
That's why JJ gave you the story... so you COULD speak on her as all others have - they don't know her either.
@11:31 Forrest said it best "Stupid is as Stupid does"
11:31 - What do it mean to 'speak on her'? Did Abby write that?
I saw a post today from one of her most out-spoken clients stating that black parents must provide/seek the highest education for their children. While I agree with him 100% that the responsibility of education falls on THE PARENTS and NOT the public school system, I’m curiously left wondering if it was a jab at Abby...
Freedom Fighter? Good lord! How did this woman pass the bar?
If you don't have the adequate tools (education) to properly represent your clients then it is time to find another line of work. You can use spell check on any computer or phone these days.
1:46 7:17PM said that.
none of you keyboard cowboys see to be able to answer to the point made by 7:46,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,where the ms state bar association disciplinary committee on this??????????????????????
HELLO........anybody home?
@ 7:19 The State Bar filed a complaint against her. Her response is due by 12/17/20. I suspect it will be a spelling and grammar monstrosity.
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