Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Jun. 16, 2021
Lawyer held in contempt for implying justices were corrupt
Paul Mahoney appeared to suggest the 4th District Court of Appeal is in the pocket of a developer and turned a blind eye to a lawyer accused of graft.
A Claremont attorney was held in criminal contempt and fined $2,000 for insinuating a panel of 4th District Court of Appeal justices might be in the pocket of The Irvine Co. and had turned a blind eye to the shenanigans of disgraced lawyer Thomas V. Girardi.
"This isn't some New Age civility initiative," the contempt order stated. "Recognition of the need to protect the institutional respect accorded the courts is a concept that goes...
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