Post-divorce
fallouts
and
negotiations
can
get
ugly,
but
they
should
never
get
“if
you
try
and
depose
my
new
girlfriend,
I’ll
revenge
leak
your
nudes”
ugly.
That’s
just
blackmail.
“Negotiation
tactics”
like
that
are
begging
to
go
in
front
of
a
judge
under
normal
circumstances,
but
nothing
expedites
the
punishment
quite
like
your
former
spouse
being
a
judge.
Yup,
you
read
that
right:
ABA
Journal
has
coverage.
A
Florida
judge
[Marni
Bryson]
has
settled
her
lawsuit
against
a
lawyer
she
sued for
allegedly
trying
to
blackmail
her
with
nude
photos
chronicling
her
pregnancy.…
According
to
Bryson,
she
was
told
that
her
nude
photos
and
other
damaging
information
would
be
released
if
she
insisted
on
taking
a
deposition
of
the
then-girlfriend.
She
sought
punitive
damages
against
the
defendants.
I
do
not
have
the
words
to
express
how
fundamentally
stupid
it
is
to
even
suggest
blackmailing
a
judge
by
threatening
to
leak
their
nude
pregnancy
photos.
I
do,
however,
have
a
short
video
clip:
While
the
details
of
the
settlement
are
sparse,
the
lesson
to
be
learned
is
clear:
If
you
hire
a
lawyer
who
lacks
common
sense,
you
will
pay
for
it
in
dollars.
Judge
Settles
Suit
Accusing
Lawyer
Of
Threatening
To
Release
Her
Intimate
Photos
In
Bid
To
Scuttle
Deposition
[ABA
Journal]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.