Living Will UPL? The latest issue of HALT’s Legal Reformer (April-June 2005) has
a JEER for Lancaster, Ohio, lawyer Frank W. Green.
Green has filed a complaint with
the Ohio Unauthorized Practice of Law Board against nurse Karen Phillips for leading
a seminar on Living Wills at the Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster. We agree with
HALT. — Green deserves a BARonx Cheer! Similarly, although it’s good to see that the
list of “provider” partners, I’m chagrined that its list of presenters for seminars on the
topic includes only lawyers. Note: At the bottom of all the Health Directive webpages is
the statement: “None of the accompanying material is to be construed as legal advice.”
On June 30th, the Ohio State Bar is presenting a CLE seminar titled
Maybe it will clear up the UPL issue.
Exiled from the Blawg Republic: On May 24th, I wondered whether my 
of my postings were listed on their Legal Ethics Page after Feb. 15, 2005. Yesterday,
I followed a Referral link to this website from BR and discovered that only the
coincidences keep buildin’ up, don’t they?
Get it off your chest, Your Honor: The HALT Legal Reformer also pointed me to
the tale of Judge Judith R. Eiler, of the King County [Washington] District Court, South
Division. Skelly covered the story quite well back in February, but I missed it. Despite
the claim in a 1998 Election Pamphlet that she “has a proven track record for tough, fair,
and consistent judicial decision-making;” and, despite having bachelor’s and masters
degrees in Communications and Rhetoric, Judge Eiler was reprimanded by the State
Commission on Judicial Conduct for “rude, impatient and undignified treatment of
litigants” — especially pro se ones, apparently — “addressing them in angry, condescend-
links to audio of the hearing). Judge Eiler’s defense: Judicial Stress. You might want to
send the opinion and stipulation to your favorite rude judge. (See also Seattle P-I,
Two tips for judges garnered from the Eiler case: (1) Do not
wear a t-shirt in court that says”Wanna Piece of Me?”, nor
(2) use a large mug during hearings that declares “Annoying
People Annoy Me.”
Judge Eiler has been ordered to undergo psychiatric therapy and
sensitivity training. Washington State actually has a program, with
sliding scale fees, to help judges deal with psychiatric problems.
Question for HALT: why did you use the image of a male judge
for this story?
Tom Clausen is far better than I at venting without venom
(but, I am trying):
without consent
my old sneakers
in the trash
we bicker
all through the house
… cleaning
done -
the repairman tells me
any fool can do it
june morning
clammy pajamas
before the alarm
june evening
the thunderstorm
cools things down
[June 7, 2005]
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