New York Judge Thomas Spargo has been indicted for attempted extortion and attempted bribery. A former Albany County Judge, Spargo is accused of pressuring an Ulster County lawyer to give him $10,000 in 2003 and he was forced from the bench in 2006.
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct previously found that Spargo, 65, sought lawyer contributions to a fund being used to pay for his defense of earlier misconduct allegations — despite Spargo’s denial.
Good for the judge. I doubt he could ever work again, even as a legal secretary.
From ABA Legal Journal: News
‘Battling for Scarce Legal Work, Associates Vie for Paralegal Tasks’
By Martha Neil
Once upon a time, law firm associates turned up their noses at the prospect of performing document reviews and writing deposition summaries.
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‘Legal Employment Down 12,000 Jobs in Last Year’
By Molly McDonough
“The number of people working in legal services has dropped by nearly 12,000 in the last year, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.”