Legal Ethics

Lawyer Suspended For Pooping In Pringles Can Gets His Law License Reinstated

A very serious ethical shituation for this lawyer turned out to have an ending happier than the poop emoji.

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Sad PoopSometimes lawyers are accused of doing really crappy things, but you’re not going to believe this shit.

In November 2022, Jack Allen Blakeslee, an Ohio lawyer, was accused of “deposit[ing] his feces” into an empty Pringles can and chucking it into the parking lot of a victims advocacy center before heading off to court. In the ethics complaint filed against him, it was revealed that Blakeslee was a serial Pringles pooper — once he pooped popped, he apparently couldn’t stop. He’d done this on about 10 other occasions, “indiscriminately choosing the location where he [threw] the chip cans containing his feces.” Gross.

Blakeslee paid a fine and court costs after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and littering in the wake of his shit slinging, but he was unable to flush the associated ethics case down the toilet. His license to practice law was suspended for one year, but earlier this week, Blakeslee finally got some reprieve from his legal constipation.

You see, Blakeslee’s original suspension order contained a judicial bidet of sorts:  Six months of his discipline would be stayed if he complied with the Ohio Supreme Court’s conditions, which included no further misconduct. Blakeslee managed to cut the crap for six months, and the deuce he’d taken on his legal career was wiped away clean — he was able to get his law license reinstated.

This just goes to show how forgiving the legal profession can be — your reputation may be smeared with poop thanks to ethical lapses, but if you give a crap, you’ll still be welcomed back to practice.

Ohio attorney suspended over pooping in a Pringles can has license reinstated [Columbus Dispatch]

Earlier: Lawyer Faces Ethics Complaint For Pooping In Pringles Can, Flinging It Into Victims Advocacy Center Parking Lot

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on X/Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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