Yesterday, multiple Atlanta media outlets revealed court documents from 20 years ago in Houston County revolving around a young lawyer. This lawyer had been practicing law for just two years when he was involved in some kind of dispute where he was representing some company. Apparently, he was ordered multiple times by the judge to produce some documents, and he never did.
Because of this blatant disregard for the orders of a judge by a young lawyer, the judge told the lawyer this:
“If I knew I could suspend you from practicing law in the state of Georgia for the rest of your life I would do so. You’re an an abomination as far as I’m concerned… let me tell you what. If I knew I could put you in jail right now for contempt of court, I would do so…We don’t need people like you practicing law in the state of Georgia…I’ve never seen anybody quite like you…You give all lawyers a bad name as far as I’m concerned.”
That young lawyer? He’s no one we should be concerned with right now. He hasn’t been making headlines relatively frequently over the past couple of years. He hasn’t been the subject of numerous posts here. He isn’t running for Governor, and he hasn’t been accused of accepting $120K in potentially illegal campaign contributions.
Oh, that’s right – he HAS done all of that stuff, and he IS someone we should be concerned about right now.
You got it – that young lawyer is John Oxendine, and this WSB-TV report tells the whole story.
H/T to Doug Deal for the title of the post.
Thanks for sharing Jeff. I had not seen this.