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Lawyer of the Day: Adam J. Rodgers

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Sometimes a judge will rule in a way that upsets you. Most lawyers know to keep their cool. But not Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer Adam Rodgers.
Rodgers was annoyed that Judge Chris Wogan refused to lower his client’s bail or reduce his client’s sentence of prison time (which stemmed, ironically, from contempt charges). So Rodgers threw a tantrum. From the Philadelphia Daily News:

According to observers, the attorney, Adam J. Rodgers, threw a pen and his leather bag, pushed or hurled a chair, and raised a chair over his head, then slammed it down.
Rodgers then stormed out of Common Pleas Judge Chris R. Wogan’s courtroom, repeatedly screaming “Bull—-!” and yelling about the perceived injustice.

Luckily, the judge was out of the courtroom when all this transpired, so no contempt charges for Rodgers.
Rodgers was actually right about the “Bull—-.” Judge Wogan had his client mixed up with someone else. Post-tantrum, Wogan returned to the bench, lowered the bail from $50,000 to $15,000, and granted Rodgers’s client parole.
Lawyer throws fit in court upon hearing ruling [Philadelphia Daily News]

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