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Judge of the Day: Kevin P. Moriarty

kevin_moriarty.jpgKimberly and Kevin Ireland, of Kansas, decided in 2007 to file for a divorce. Their case was mediated by state judge Kevin Moriarty. Things did not go well from there.

From a pro se complaint [PDF] against Moriarty posted at Courthouse News Service:

Defendant Moriarty used the word “f*&%” during the mediation… Defendant Moriarty discussed plaintiff Ireland’s female undergarments and referred to the same as “panties” during the mediation… Defendant Moriarty discussed plaintiff Ireland’s sex life during the mediation.

According to Kathy Ireland, none of this was relevant to the mediation. But Moriarty thought it was important. And exciting:

Defendant Moriarty appeared to be masturbating during the mediation.

It all sounds pretty crazy, right? But Ireland’s ex-husband is actually backing her up on this.

Despite any hard feelings over the divorce, Kevin Ireland testified in support of his ex-wife’s story:

Plaintiff Ireland’s ex-husband testified during the trial of the divorce that defendant Moriarty’s behavior during the mediation may have been offensive to others.

UPDATE / CORRECTION: Kevin Ireland now tells ATL that he doesn’t support his wife’s lawsuit and “never had issue with anything the judge did during our mediation.”

Kathy Ireland filed a complaint with the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications. That did not help matters. From Courthouse News Service:

In response to her complaint, she says, Moriarty launched his own investigation into her private life and discussed her with the judge presiding over her divorce case and with the opposing counsel. Ireland claims Moriarty used his power to influence her divorce proceeding, to start an ethical investigation of her and to have court personnel write false letters to the commission attacking her and claiming that Moriarty did nothing wrong.

On Nov. 15, 2007, the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed an ethical complaint against Ireland, claiming she made false accusations about Moriarty, though it never conducted an investigation into her claims, according to her complaint.

This would not be the first time a state judge got frisky beneath his robes. Longtime ATL readers certainly remember Oklahoma judge Donald Thompson. Thompson was more creative in his treatment of the judicial junk, though; he invested in a penis pump to leave both hands free for Lady Justice.

Lawyer Says Judge Masturbated at Mediation & Carried Out Vendetta When She Complained [Courthouse News Service]

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1 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:06 PM

Dear everyone,

I go to a T14 school, I did very little work in lawschool (i.e., i have a couple C's, including Contracts), I have an offer at a V100 firm in Chicago for market rate, I have ZERO loans because my grandma paid them off for me, I am single w/o kids and have no mortgage, and I am sitting in front of my big-ass flatscreen tv about ready to smoke a joint and skip my corporate tax class (again).

Fuck all you small-dick latham little bitches.

Lawschool = Good Life

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2 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:08 PM

Oh, and first faggots

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3 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:09 PM

Who hasnt masturbated during the ocasional mediation? Guys in my law school used to masturbate during class. It really is no big deal.

4 Posted by Sharpton | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:10 PM

I'd be interested in knowing what Ms. Ireland's ethnicity is. It could potentially answer many questions.

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5 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:13 PM

4

She was American Samoan. This issue was rendered moot by the Great Tsunami of September 29, 2009.

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6 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:13 PM

1, I've seen your TV it ain't shit

-NYC SECURE

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7 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:17 PM

http://www.mckee-law.com/aboutme.html

Don't know if she would cause a rumble beneath my robes.

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8 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:18 PM

Isn't "panties" the correct term?

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9 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:18 PM

@7

Judge must be a lonely man if that's what gets him off.

11 Posted by MaTTT Foley | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:20 PM

Hey #1... that and a nickel will get you a nice hot cup OF JACK-SQUAT! Stop preTTTending and go back to your non-ABA accreddiTTTed school...

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12 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:21 PM

Kash, don't be so shellfish.

Purple headed yogurt slinger

13 Posted by JaKe Emeritus | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:23 PM

I guarantee that Judge Kevin P. Moriarty did not attend a preeminent peer law school.

Moreover, Judge Moriarty would almost certainly gain from a total cropping of his Hungarian style mustache. He would also be well served by leaving his position of ill repute as mediator and finding gainful employment with an exorbitant recompense and which provided little benefit to society.

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14 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:30 PM

Brought to you by the state that outlawed evolution

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55807

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15 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:31 PM

I have no connection to anything in the post, but just to get things straight... You're taking ALLEGATIONS from a fucking PRO SE complaint and endorsing their truth in a post for all to read? ("This would not be the first time a state judge got frisky beneath his robes."

Wow. What journalistic integrity (to the extent mooching from other web sites constitutes "journalism"). Can't wait until I file a baseless pro se complaint against Elie and have a couple hack web sites link to it, so he can spend the rest of his life defending unsupported allegations.

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16 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:31 PM

We need to bomb fruits and vegetablers back to the stoneage!

-DOJ Secure

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17 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:32 PM

Luckily, Holmes sniffed out this case from the beginning, and Watson was under Moriarty's desk at the time of the alleged malfeasance.

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18 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:32 PM

4 = funny
13 = unfunny (as usual)

19 Posted by Sharpton | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:33 PM

Thanks 7 for the pictu . . . information. I see no injustice here. Carry on.

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20 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:34 PM

http://www.mckee-law.com/aboutme.html

So she's:

1. Not a very good lawyer (as is any lawyer who, within five years of graduating, only works at her "own" firm); and

2. Divorced by age 30.

Kimberly Ireland, what a wonderful life you must lead!

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21 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:34 PM

Gavel banging at its finest.

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22 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:36 PM

In the Judge's defense, I'm guessing the facts of the divorce were hella boring. That would explain his attempts to liven up the subject matter by interjecting such eyebrow raisers as "undergarments" and "panties." It may or may not excuse his, er, undercover gavel banging.

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23 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:37 PM

20

While your sarcasm is noted, I think the most telling thing is that nobody with a happy life defends traffic infractions.

24 Posted by EllieWeasel | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:39 PM

SUCK IT, DAN RATHER!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090929/tv_nm/us_rather_cbs_1

25 Posted by Nigel Tufnel | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:41 PM

The judge's behavior was sexist, not sexy. I learned this from the debacle over our "Smell the Glove" album cover. No fine line between clever and stupid here.

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26 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:43 PM

I have a question for her. . .

why the long face?

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27 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:44 PM

20: working at your own firm = failure? Because we all know how well Biglaw is doing these days for young associates. Yes, we here at ATL are all just singing the praises large law firms for the job fulfillment and security to be found there.
And that you equate divorce with failure tells me you're probably only 25 or so. At the most.

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28 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:45 PM

15 makes the best point. I don't believe these allegations for a second. As an experienced attorney, I have seen these sorts of claims made before (almost identical) and they were utter bullshit, sour grapes, typically made by litigants that didn't get their way in Court. I have no idea who this Judge is, but I certainly call bullshit on the claims.

29 Posted by EllieWeasel | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:45 PM

15--Sure, it's a pro se complaint, but it's filed by an attorney, so probably more reliable than the typical habeas pro se complaint.

30 Posted by EllieWeasel | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:49 PM

15 & 28, in addition to being a complaint by an attorney, it also has the backing of her ex-. More reason to pay it more attention than the typical lawsuit filed by Jonathan Lee Riches.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293625,00.html

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31 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:52 PM

Also, what attorney would be willing to sue a judge they might be making an appearance in front of?

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32 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:52 PM


CLEARLY the news here is that some douche (1) thinks it's impressive to move to CHICAGO and work in the AMLAW 100. HAHAHHHAHAHAHA.

Hey buddy, in exactly two years, please repost about how great your life is!

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33 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:54 PM

30: in matrimonial cases, the "exes" are sometimes in conspiracy to meet common goals, which may well be dependent upon them cooperating in certain aspects. This may very well include blasting the judge. Usually its over money. Do not assume because they are divorcing that there is animosity. That is one of the flaws in the post. 28.

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34 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:55 PM

What do you expect from a guy named Moriarty?

35 Posted by Goodsharksdotcom | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:56 PM

The only thing "pro se" about this case is the judge's sex life. Ba-dum...

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36 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:57 PM

Don't assume its true. Also don't just assume it's untrue. If she's lying, she is going big and risking her reputation.

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37 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:04 PM

1 - congrats on your family money. Most rich kids are smart enough not to do something like work their ass off for some shit firm. They either don't do anything, or at worst they take some low-hours, low-stress rewarding job since they don't need a big paycheck. Sorry to hear that you blew all that by going to law school you stupid fuck.

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38 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:04 PM

Does anyone know what day is Tsunami Day? I need to make sure I remember to get my wife a present.

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39 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:06 PM

Hmm, I wonder if there's anything important about today that I should remember

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40 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:07 PM

42 - lulz

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41 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:08 PM

nevar - it's snowing? I thought you said it was tsunami day.

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42 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:09 PM

15 = Kevin P. Moriarty

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43 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:11 PM

We had a superior court judge who jerked off regularly while sitting in court. The bench hid what he was doing from view, but after numerous witnesses reported hearing sounds coming from under the bench, a deputy looked during a break and saw a huge stain on the carpet. This had been going on for a very long time. The judge used a sex toy to help with his under-rob duties. Puts a new meanting to someone being a real jerk. Real story.

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44 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:20 PM

1, 10 -

That is your TV? And you are trying to impress people with it? That's pretty funny. Of course, your post is complete B.S. But still, couldn't you have come up with something better than that?

*Non-T14 Grad w/ Better TV than 1, 10

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45 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:22 PM

47 - COOL STORY BRO

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46 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:22 PM

Anyone notice Mr. McKee's bio? Among being in the "top 10%" with a 3.32, he also completed "13 of 39" hours towards an MBA.

Do you think they will be doing OCI this year?

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47 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:24 PM

MORIARTY DOES IT FOR THE LULZ

48 Posted by Partner Emeritus | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:25 PM

This article is a non-story that is unlikely to get anyone's seminal juices going. Here is an older and much more interesting story about a former judge who used to masturbate during trials. The use of an antiquated penis pump was also mentioned in the story.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/24/Judge-who-masturbated-on-bench-disbarred/UPI-35061222272664/

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49 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:32 PM

PE

Is that what the strippers use on you at Rick's to get a bigger tip?

-Just wondering

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50 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:39 PM

@46 FTW.

Who came up with McKee's bio? What a freaking joke. He only earned "13 credit hours" in two semesters? Idiot. Maybe I should get a marketing expert to help me publicize:

3/140 credits: B.A. in Art History
3/140 credits: B.A. in English
6/140 credits: B.S. in Electrical Engineering
3/40 credits: M. in Math
80/80 credits: Ph.D. in Stupidity

If the firm you retain has two attorneys and their expertise is in "civil law, family law, and criminal law," you might want to find a new lawyer.

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51 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:42 PM

I guess it isn't Tsunami Day. Censors. At least the Tsunami Day posts were more clever than a certain JaKe's worthless drivel (although PE's contributions are always appreciated).

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52 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:28 PM

@49

It depends on how many singles his Mom gives him before he goes out for the night.

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53 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:23 PM

The first case of my legal career was also my (avowed) last divorce case--an otherwise boring dissolution matter where my client was a tall, gorgeous woman to the short, fat, troll-like gnome that was the respondent who forged by client's name on 40 or so real property deeds.

(Over a dinner meeting I asked my client what she ever saw in the man—she deadpanned that the relationship was strictly sexual.)

The trial judge, a well liked, albeit the most reversed judge to sit on the Contra Costa California bench, appeared to slumber through much of the trial--reclining waaay back, eyes closed, either with slumber or uber concentration.

Except when the gorgeous petitioner was asked about how many massage beds she had at her Richmond, California Spa.

At which point the trial judge sat bolt-right up, and exclaimed "I want to hear more about those message beds!”

Judicial impropriety I think not. Amusing, yes.

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54 Posted by guest | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:10 PM

This is why I tell all my associates give it a tug before we go into the meetings. That way you don't do anything impulsive like jerk off in the middle of a negotiation or jizz on a female opposing counsel. That was embarrassing.

55 Posted by Partner Emertius | Permalink Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:59 PM

The complaint doens't provide sufficient details regarding the alleged masterbation: what was the judge wearing at the time? what did his genitals look like? how well endowed was he? How can I be expected to read this post and not be left wondering about these points?

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56 Posted by Auduboner | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:21 AM

I believe the proper remedy for this injustice is a dual testectomy, with the products of said procedure being encased in Lucite for display upon said Plaintiff's desk for so long as she deems appropriate.

Scumbag Kansan. Or is that a redundancy?

That Judicial Commission shoould suffer the same penalty. Also Scumbag Kansans.

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57 Posted by Auduboner | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:24 AM

15 = Scumbag Kansan Judge

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58 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:40 PM

Smells like misogyny to me. Seems like the judge has a lot of his relatives making dumb statements.

But then, it's been open season on women for uh, how long?
http://www.familylawcourts.com/badcop.html

Family murders.
http://www.familylawcourts.com/kids.html

Although there is a GPS solution...the question is why aren't attorneys demanding it?
http://open.salon.com/blog/bonnie_russell/2009/09/18/the_gps_solution_to_restraining_order_violations

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59 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:22 PM

Since when did the rule of law come to Kansas? Is this a new thing?

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60 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:38 PM

This is a malicious pack of lies! I have been a victim of Ms. Ireland's malicious prosecution and abuse of civil process for almost 3 years now. She has cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars with all of her antics in this matter and many many others. She even threatens her clients if they dare to complain about her inadequate representation.

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61 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:35 PM

30, 33

As the party that is not in support of my ex's case I can say that a question asked during my trial was taken out of context.

"I said he used language that did not offend me, but could offend others."

The others being my pastor at church.

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62 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:59 PM

I hear that the attorney that represented Ms. Ireland's ex husband in the divorce case may soon be intervening in the Federal Case.

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63 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:10 PM

McKee & Ireland have been under intense bar investigation for several violations and are facing disbarment. This is an act of terrorism on their part and their standard operating procedure.

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64 Posted by guest | Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:21 PM

Both McKee & Ireland were fired from Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice. It would be very interesting if this reporter would tell us all why? An affair?

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67 Posted by guest | Permalink Thursday, October 1, 2009 5:06 PM

Well, calling the KC NBC affiliate real journalism is a pretty big stretch. It'd be more interesting if you posted a story by Kelly Eckerman at KMBC in KC - she dated Wanking Judge for a while.

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