In a word, at this point, I feel tricked, and complicit, albeit unwittingly so, in chicanery, duplicity, and mendacity. No judge should ever find himself in that situation.
— Judge James Carr of the Northern District of Ohio, in his order directing disgraced tort lawyer Stan Chesley (aka the “Master of Disaster”) and his counsel to appear before him and attempt to explain how they hadn’t committed fraud on the court. Chesley drew Judge Carr’s ire after the disbarred lawyer allegedly failed to comply with a state court order to turn over cash to plaintiffs who had overpaid attorneys’ fees to him in past fen-phen litigation.
(Flip to the next page to see Judge Carr’s order to show cause.)