Don’t Mess With THIS Judge!

Even if you think good law should be chiseled in stone, don’t  you dare file it that way in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Alan Jaroslovsky’s Santa Rosa courtroom.

Jaroslovsky has a reputation as a practical, no-nonsense, often compassionate but instantly-intolerant judge of those who don’t follow the rules.

In the current case of Winery Disposition Group, Orange County attorney Robert P. Goe, (representing Bruce Halvax and others) ran afoul of the court’s rules and right into the honed edge of Jaroslovsky’s rapier wit.

In a show cause order issued Friday, Jaroslovsky wrote (emphasis added):

“It appearing that you have submitted a pleading for filing in the form of paper, animal skin, stone, or other medium instead of electronically, as required by this court, YOU ARE ORDER TO APPEAR before the court on March 6, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. then and there show cause, if any you have, why your pleading should not be stricken and you should not be assessed a monetary fine.”

Ouch!