Trump lawyer Alina Habba's "flagrant disregard" for Courtroom Rules, could pave the way for Judge Lewis Kaplan to refer Her to the State Bar for a Hearing and Investigation.
According to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, the E. Jean Carroll Judge would be completely within His Rights, to ask the New York State Bar Association to Review the Trump's Attorney's Conduct, after Kaplan repeatedly was forced to Admonish Her during the Trial.
Vance suggested that Habba's Lack of Legal Skills and Knowledge, about the Rules-of-Evidence aren't the Issue, so much as the Chaos she repeatedly created in the Civil Trial She ultimately Lost, which Trump $83.3 million on Friday.
Clarifying Her reasoning, Vance explained, "It wasn’t her novice mistakes that were the issue, although they caused a lot of comments. It was her flagrant disregard of the Judge’s decisions about arguments that could and could not be made to the jury. She trod on those rulings despite repeated warnings from the Judge."
"The Judge would be well within his rights to let the Bar sort her out. Her lack of respect for the rule of law, which mirrors her client’s, is unacceptable in a lawyer," Vance concluded.
Vance added, the Proper Procedure when a Lawyer feels the Judge Erred is to take it up later in an Appeal. Trump has No chance to Appeal the $83.3 million Jury Verdict in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case.
Nashville Attorney Brian Manookian said Not-so-Fast: "Let me ruin the suspense for everyone. Trump doesn't have an appeal," He said on Friday. "I know the talking heads on TV (who have never tried a case or appealed a jury verdict) have to mention it. Here's why it isn't going to fly."
"in order to have a meritorious case on appeal, you have to preserve a reversible error at the trial level. This is why you hire competent counsel. You need someone who actually knows the rules of evidence and procedure. Alina Habba had no clue what was occurring throughout the trial," He added. "She not only failed to preserve any remote grounds for appeal, she repeatedly and unintentionally waived them over and over."
He went on to include an example of Habba bungling the potential for a Reversal.
"For example, she kept saying 'no objection' as exhibits were entered into evidence. It appeared to me that she was saying that because she that's something she had heard real lawyers say before," He said Friday. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, what she was doing over and over was waiving his ability to appeal over those evidentiary issues. Because she is a moron who would rather *play* lawyer than do the research to *be* a lawyer."
Manookian then concluded: "There's no appeal here. And because people have asked me in the past, no, there is no such thing as an incompetent counsel defense in civil cases. That's for criminal matters. Take this verdict to the bank."
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