Gamers Rejoice! Jack Thompson is DISBARRED

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Kotaku said:
Is it finally game over for Florida lawyer and violent video game opponent Jack Thompson? Judgment has been entered in the case that started last year and came to a head when Judge Dava Tunis recommended permanent disbarment for the bombastic, showboating law man. The court has approved the report and has ordered that JT is officially disbarred as of 30 days from today.


The Court approves the corrected referee's report and John Bruce Thompson is permanently disbarred, effective thirty days from the date of this order so that respondent can close out his practice and protect the interests of existing clients. If respondent notifies the Court in writing that he is no longer practicing and does not need the thirty days to protect existing clients, this Court will enter an order making the permanent disbarment effective immediately. Respondent shall accept no new business from the date this order is filed.

Note that Thompson still has a chance for a retrial, only due to court sanctions the motion must me submitted by a member of the Florida Bar in good standing, and I don't know that anyone wants to touch this one. It's also worth noting that along with disbarment, Thompson has been ordered to reimburse the Florida Bar fees amounting to $43,675.35. Ouch.

We've contacted both the Supreme Court of Florida and Jack Thompson for comment and will update the story if both or either respond.
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And the followup:

Kotaku said:
Today's stunning news that controversial attorney and anti-gaming zealot Jack Thompson will be disbarred for life from practicing law by the Supreme Court of Florida seems to have done little to faze the attorney himself.

In response to our request for comment Thompson sent Kotaku a copy of an emergency motion he filed with the federal court.

In the motion Thompson outlines what he hints at as a perversion of justice, one that won't allow him, for instance, to meet with a potential client who he says is an inmate in a state prison.

Thompson also sent over a press release saying that the disbarment is in retaliation for, among other things, Thompson's Tyndale House book Out of Harm's Way which he says blew the whistle on what he describes as the Florida Supreme Court's attack on his activism against the American entertainment industry.

The timing of this disbarment transparently reveals its motivation: This past Friday Thompson filed a federal civil rights action against The Bar, the Supreme Court, and all seven of its Justices. This rush to disbarment is in retribution for the filing of that federal suit. With enemies this foolish, Thompson needs only the loyal friends he has.

The emails from Thompson wrap up with: "...this should be fun, starting now" Full press release and motion are on the jump for your perusal.

Immediate News Release – Sept. 25, 2008

Miami Attorney Jack Thompson Disbarred by Florida Supreme Court

Miami attorney Jack Thompson, nationally and internationally known by virtue of his effective and successful opposition over the last 20 years to the broadcast, marketing, and sale of adult-rated entertainment to children, has just been informed by the Florida Supreme Court that he has been disbarred from the practice of law today.

This disbarment is in retaliation, among other things, for Thompson’s Tyndale House book Out of Harm’s Way, published in 2005, which blew the whistle on the Florida Supreme Court’s earlier efforts in the 1990’s to literally pathologize his faith-based and successful activism against the American entertainment industry. The Florida Bar’s insurance carrier was forced to pay Thompson money damages for that earlier assault upon his First Amendment rights, which is the only known payment of damages by any state bar to any lawyer for improper disciplinary efforts. It appears that the State of Florida will be paying Thompson more damages this time around for its illegal, now repeated, use of “discipline” to punish a Christian lawyer for his activism in the public square.

The timing of this disbarment transparently reveals its motivation: This past Friday Thompson filed a federal civil rights action against The Bar, the Supreme Court, and all seven of its Justices. This rush to disbarment is in retribution for the filing of that federal suit. With enemies this foolish, Thompson needs only the loyal friends he has.

Thompson looks forward to successfully litigating his federal claims, now before US District Court Judge Marcia Cooke in the Southern District of Florida.

Thompson always wanted to own a Bar. Now, armed with multiple US Supreme Court rulings that no state bar can do what it has done to Thompson, he is set to own that Bar.
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Cut out a lot of the legal jargon.

Full articles here:
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Now if only they could ban Uwe Boll from making movies...
 
Well atleast he is out of the court room. Hopefully that nice little 46k dollar he owes the state will keep him occupied for a while.
 
'kay.

The only thing this is going to do is to drive this guy even more insane than he already is.

I wouldn't be surprised if he walked into a TV studio with a 44. Magnum in one hand and a bunch of dead chipmunks in the other screaming about how he needs to reveal to the world that chipmunks really can sing.
 
generalissimofurioso said:
'kay.

The only thing this is going to do is to drive this guy even more insane than he already is.

I wouldn't be surprised if he walked into a TV studio with a 44. Magnum in one hand and a bunch of dead chipmunks in the other screaming about how he needs to reveal to the world that chipmunks really can sing.
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Haha, hopefully they leave the cameras on, I wanna see the horrible downfall of old jacky boy. :twisted:
 
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generalissimofurioso said:
'kay.

The only thing this is going to do is to drive this guy even more insane than he already is.

I wouldn't be surprised if he walked into a TV studio with a 44. Magnum in one hand and a bunch of dead chipmunks in the other screaming about how he needs to reveal to the world that chipmunks really can sing.
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okay, context questionable:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kugBfisHA2M[/youtube]
 
Well, one less alien plotting against our glorious culture. Now, if only someone would do something about Germany...
 
Sorrow said:
Well, one less alien plotting against our glorious culture. Now, if only someone would do something about Germany...
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...And Australia...


Even though he's disbarred, and can't do diddly squat legally without another lawyer helping him, I can still see him as an "expert" on Fox news, or CNN sadly. Though, Im sure it'd be a while until we see him again, getting disbarred is a really big black mark on his record.
 
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