>>> A DANE COUNTY JUDGE IS
REFERRING FORMER SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE MICHAEL GABLEMAN TO THE
OFFICE OF LAWYER REGULAR LACE
FOR, QUOTE, UNPROFESSIONAL
BEHAVIOR AND INAPPROPRIATE
COMMENTS HE MADE AT A HEARING
LAST WEEK.
LAST FRIDAY WE TOLD YOU JUDGE
REMINGTON WAS HOLDING GABLEMAN'S
OFFENSE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL IN
CONTEMPT FOR VIOLATING THE OPEN
RECORDS LAW.
THIS WEEK THE JUDGE ISSUED HIS
WRITTEN ORDER, FINING THE OFFICE
THE MAXIMUM $2,000 A DAY FOR
CONTEMPT BUT ALSO WROTE ABOUT
YOU ON GABLE -- HOW GABLEMAN'S
ACCESS IN COURT DISCREDITED THE
LEGAL PROFESSION.
FRIDAY HE TOOK THE STAND AND HE
PROCEEDED TO QUESTION THE
JUDGE'S INTEGRITY.
GABLEMAN KEPT CRITICIZING THE
JUDGE.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS HIS TIME TO
TIME, YOU KNOW.
THIS IS HIS -- WHAT PASSES FOR
SUCCESS FOR HIM.
>> GABLEMAN WENT ON TO CRITICIZE
THE OPPOSING COUNSEL.
REMINGTON'S ORDER INCLUDED A
PROFESSIONAL REBUKE OF GABLEMAN,
SAYING IN THE END IT WAS READILY
APPARENT THAT GABLEMAN INTENDED
TO USE HIS APPEARANCE TO
DISTRACT FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE COURT'S
ORDER AND PERHAPS DISTRACT
ATTENTION AWAY.
THE COURT WILL IGNORE THE
PERSONAL INSULT.