Lawyer of the Day: Adam J. Rodgers
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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moron
hero
"Had his client confused with someone else."
That would be a shitty way to go to prison, fo sho.
awesome.
Liberals are all in need of therapy. This proven every day.
There's no question this guy's an Obama-worshipper.
File photo?
That's what the guy gets for wearing purple shirts and black jeans.
My goat Nana once kicked me in the groin when I squeezed her too hard. I bet she could take this guy easy.
Guys in my high school used to throw pens and leather bags, push or hurl chairs, and raise chairs over their head and then slam it down when trying to get clients' bail reduced all the time, it was no big deal. Especially if it didn't happen in the principal's presence and the principal consequently couldn't hold them in contempt.
Conservatives are such hot-headed a-holes. They all need therapy.
I bet this guy voted for GWB twice.
Federal district clerk here: shit like this goes down when the judge is gone all the time. 'Tis no big deal.
Federal goatherder here: twas no big deal. We do this type of stuff all the time to the likes of Nana.
why is skadden TBD for salary on nalp
This would never ever happen in Ft Worth.
Colonel Jessup
11, you might have missed it: They guy's a defense attorney; aka supporter of crack dealers and rapists; aka supporter of destroying society; aka a democrat.
When I was practicing criminal law, it was the judges who were throwing pens, bags, chairs, at me....But then, I can be irritating…
Nor was my side of the counsel table the exclusive occasional recipient of judicial wrath. Champlain, J. (Ret.) once threw his prized Mark Cross gold pen so hard out of pique at the prosecution side of the table, it bounced hard off the bench and hit my esteemed colleague (who, BTW was a good friend of mine and a fine lawyer) from the prosecutor’s office (12 feet away at counsel table) a glancing blow off of the shoulder. It was pretty awesome.
His predecessor in that department, Blankenberg, J. was reputed to have hurled a pen at veteran probation officer Jude Law (or so Jude told me), and I know for a fact that he banned at least three attorneys “for life” from his department (and there were only two Superior Court departments at the time).
Oh the good old days of criminal law…..
Just sounds like a guy who cares about his clients.
16 - I think you missed it. See 6.
17=Rising 1L
I believe that the client had a Restatement 90 claim, but the judge cured the defect before he could file
why are the bitters always a pussy?
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I wonder what Kash is like.
I wonder what Kash is like.
brilliant
interestingly, Rodgers ran for judge back in 2001 or 2002... he was given a "not recommended" rating by the Philadelphia Bar Association... needless to say, he lost.
Who cares if some loser goes to jail or has to post higher bail. I'm glad I practice law that matters -- representing mammoth corporations in suits against other mammoth corporations.
- Evan the Chesler
This is only the beginning. Next, attorneys will go to court without coats and ties, then the world truly will come to an end. Just think of what the public might think if attorneys looked like the rest of society. Judges wear robes. I know for a fact that some judges play with themselves in court as a way of staying awake. Ever wonder why the judge was smiling when the widow was describing how bad life had become now that her abusive husband had died in his sleep from an accidental bullet wound to the back of his head. Ever wonder why the floor under the judge's bench is so sticky. Ever wonder why most people hate lawyers. Well, you can stop wondering now.
Don't we all have days like this???????????????
in his defense it was an injustice and he obviously cares abut his clients, but he still needs to learn to control himself and communicate differently.
THE ARTICLE SAYS, "threw a pen and his leather bag, pushed or hurled a chair, and raised a chair over his head, then slammed it down. "
Where can I get a REAL lawyer like this guy who will fight tooth and nail for me?
I'm sick of these wussy lawyers who just sit there in fear of the state bar ethics committee, while thinking to themselves, "I knew I should've gone to BigLaw like my mommy says."
He must have been watcing that garbage ass show, "Raising the Bar"
In response to getting a real lawyer...they are down in St. Augsutine. Anne Marie Gennusa, Tom Cushman and Wayne Henderson. Although I have never seen any of them throw pens.......