Bad Advocacy - Vol. 6

Our latest entry comes courtesy of Above the Law, which yesterday reported on attorney Allan Parker, Jr., whose shenanigans in a federal district court in Austin have drawn the ire of Judge Sam Sparks.

Of course, those familiar with Judge Sparks know that he's not shy about calling out attorney conduct he's not happy with. In this instance, he says Parker is "anything but competent." He explains:

A competent attorney would not have filed this motion in the first place; if he did, he certainly would not have attached exhibits that are both highly prejudicial and legally irrelevant; and if he foolishly did both things, he surely would not be so unprofessional as to file such exhibits unsealed. A competent attorney who did those things would be deliberately disrespecting this Court and knowingly shirking his professional responsibilities, offenses for which he would be lucky to retain his bar card, much less an intact bank balance.

Ouch.