Update: ‘Trashed’ Lawyer Larry Wilder Resigns
Indiana attorney Larry Wilder was honored with an ATL Lawyer of the Day mention last week thanks to the photo at right. It’s not a stock photo. That’s Wilder on a Wednesday morning, after a raucous night on the town.
That photo going viral has led Wilder to resign his lucrative job with the Jeffersonville City Council. Wilder had been the city’s highest paid attorney — raking in $107,000 from the city or four times that being made by the other five city attorneys — in addition to his private practice work.
From the Courier-Journal:
Larry Wilder, the embattled lawyer for the Jeffersonville City Council, has resigned following the release of photographs of him sleeping in a garbage can after a night of drinking.“I felt that the best thing for my friends was to eliminate this as on-going angst,” Wilder said.
Wilder may be freeing himself up for a case against the Jeffersonville City Police Department. The photos were taken by one officer and released to the news media by another officer, even though Wilder was never charged. But as one ATL commenter observed last week:
I finally understand why there’s no reasonable expectation of privacy in one’s trash.
Jeffersonville City Council lawyer resigns [Courier-Journal]
Earlier: Lawyer of the Day: Larry Wilder




Comments
First... nice work late EBT prep
He was drinking an advertisement?
2 -- No. The quote following "Advertisement" is actually an advertisement. Wilder is the spokesperson for Dr. Smith's On-Going Angst Reduction Cream.
Lat, Kash, Elie, you guys must feel so proud to be a part of this.
my hero
At least he wasn't laid off like the rest of the clowns on ATL
WTG, Abovethelaw! Way to ruin someone's life! And for what? A mediocre post, at best.
Elie's just jealous the guy can fit into a trash can.
7, this was on way more websites and blogs than just ATL. If anyone ruined his life, it would be him, followed by the officers that posted the pictures.
This incident would have never happened at a peer firm. I recall in 1993, a junior partner was found in the men's restroom at the Rainbow Room. The junior partner was found with no pants and a beer bottle protruding from his rectum. I immediately locked the bathroom and instructed an associate to retrieve a pair of pants from the junior partner's office. Within the hour, the junior partner was clothed and the associate was able to extract the bottle without causing any further hemoraging. The matter was never raised or discussed again. If this had happened at a non-peer firm, I am sure an immature associate or partner would have taken pictures of the junior partner with their iphone and shame the man along with the firm. Larry Wilder trashed his career by associating with "friends" that purposely placed him in the trash can. Mr. Wilder should not be glamorized as "attorney of the day" since his actions proved to be the undoing of his own career.
"I felt that the best thing for my friends was to eliminate this as on-going angst," Wilder said."
Translation: "This controversy was distracting me from me real hobby, drinking!"
Party on.
After all, the Dude abides.
2,3 What are you talking about. Retards.
Have a good time. All the time.
This original lawyer of the day post was awesome!
I there was a Pulitzer for lawyer-of-the-day-posts-by-legal-tabloid-blogs, this post would take home the gold.
Way to go Kash!
Regarding lawyer of the day in question—he was already in the local paper—with art—and besides, he is now FREE to pursue his true avocation, drinking with an abandon like few barristers who have come before him.
In fact, if there was a Pulitzer prize for drinking……
Mystal, I bet if pictures of you were released, any kind of pictures, you would be summarily dismissed.
Everyone knows Lat hired you because of that tube top you wore to the interview.
Hello, 15, this is not a Mystal post.
And no, Elie was not hired based on sexual orientation (in his case, straight and married, you schmuck).
If you did not have the short term memory of a garden slug, you would recall that the new ATL editor was selected by reader votes during the course of an American Idol style competition.
Moreover, thanks to dick weeds like you, Mystal now thinks he cannot "do humor"--so the rest of us have to suffer through all those depressing lay-off posts awaiting Kash's occasional breath of fresh air.
But you are such a dumb ass you did not even bother to read the bye line.
15, you are a moron-pecker-wood, sister [redacted] retard of the first order.
Sorry For Partying.
-Learn About It
Dude resigned from the city job, not from the practice of law. These "blew his career" posts are hyperbolic. I'm sure there are plenty of hicks in Kentucky (heh) who will love this guy and hire him BECAUSE he's the hard drinkin' homeboy. Moar bareback!
#15 - You ruined ATL.
Thanks.
In Nawlins, this never would have happened (the resigning part). Here, we take naps in garbage cans on the neutral ground all the time and it's no big deal.
Bonjour y'all.
Wow. Can't believe he resigned. Those are good bucks in that town. They must have made him resign. I don't see what the big deal is. The guy got loaded and slept it off in a big piece of plastic within spitting distance of his own house. Not in bed with a dead underage boy.
I blame #15 and Kash's asslobster.
resignation?? bah! lawyers take themselves too seriously. this is hilarious. they should have all had a good laugh about it followed by a round of beers...and jello shots.
Why won't Elie the race baiter address the need for affirmative action in the ATL editorial ranks? There is not a single white male, the white female is really just a host for an asslobster and the other two editors are clearly not white men. Elie should be fired so a trailer trash white boy can take over.
Looks like Wilder needs some new drinking buddies.
He was drinking????
This woundnt even cause a stir a Craine Poolle Scmidt.
-- Denny Crane
Guy passed out in his limo and his "buddies" thought it might be funny to ditch him in a trash can instead of helping him into his house. Best prank ever?
No cause of action for being photographed in a public trash can or dissemination of a such a photo.
I guess it's not a proper behavior specially that he is a well-known person in there community. Doing that kind of stuff is not a crime but of course we have to consider the proper ethics and it caused a big distraction to the community.
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First!
I like that he was still wearing dress socks and loafers with his jeans.
David St. Hubbins schtick: underrated
Though technically he is quoting Viv Savage in this instance.
He should be disbarred. I am a healthcare provider and if I am caught in such a manner, my license would be revoked.
34: why are you here? are you trying to obtain your M.R.S. by trolling sites dedicated to lawyers??