Jack Thompson Facing Disbarment For Life
By Shawn on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 12:15 PM PST In Game Related Laws, Gamer Life
The Florida Judge handling Jack Thompson’s Bar Trial has recommended he be permanently disbarred and fined $43,675.35 for the cost of the trial. In a 169 page document, Judge Tunis makes her recommendation based on evidence presented at the trial as well as her personal experience very clear.
The Florida Bar has recommended disbarment for a period of ten (10) years. This Court respectfully declines to follow the Bar’s recommendation… This case involves factual findings of cumulative misconduct, a repeated pattern of behavior relentlessly forced upon numerous unconnected individuals, a total lack of remorse or even slight acknowledgement of inappropriate conduct…
Additionally, the Court is taking into consideration a review of the Respondent’s conduct not only as proven by the evidence, but by what this Court has witnessed of the Respondent’s behavior throughout the eighteen (18) months of litigation. The undersigned finds no evidence whatsoever to indicate that the Respondent is amenable to rehabilitation, or even remotely appreciates the basis upon which a need or purpose for such rehabilitation is warranted…
Over a very extended period of time involving a number of totally unrelated cases and individuals, the Respondent has demonstrated a pattern of conduct to strike out harshly, extensively, repeatedly and willfully to simply try to bring as much difficulty, distraction and anguish to those he considers in opposition to his causes. He does not proceed within the guidelines of appropriate professional behavior, but rather uses other means available to intimidate, harass, or bring public disrepute to those whom he perceives oppose him.
Thus, after careful consideration of the underlying facts in the instant cases, together with the Florida Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, the applicable aggravating and mitigating factors and the precedent case law, this Court makes the following recommendations for John Bruce Thompson:
A. Permanent disbarment, with no leave to reapply for admission.
B. Disciplinary costs currently totaling $43,675.35.
It seems that Judge Tunis has come to know Thompson quite well. Thompson first attempted to have the Florida Bar Association declared unconstitutional in 1992. This confrontation has been a long time coming. Thanks to GamePolitics for keeping us up to date.
the sad thing is, if i am not mistaken, he still holds law licenses in a couple of other states. I doubt this will be the last we hear of this asswipe.
And the world seem once more to be a happy place for gamers.
I believe, Heru-Ur, that he was disbarred in Alabama a few years ago. I don’t know if he reapplied or not, but if I am remembering correctly, this is not his first disbarment rodeo.
The real truth of the matter is that Jack Thompson isn’t much of a threat to video gamers or gaming…quite a few of his so-called cases were thrown out for lack of evidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(attorney)
What it really boils down to is that Mr. Thompsom was looking to make a name for himself and he went after two mainstream forms of entertainment to acheive that end….it worked but at the same time completely ruined his career.