O*M*G!! Just when you thought Oily Taintz couldn't get any wackier....

[LynneSin]

Now she pulls a stunt that I hope will disbar her for LIFE.

I swear I could turn over a rock, grab a maggot living underneath that rock and that maggot would be a better lawyer than this idiot!

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/new_filing_from_birther_orly_taitz_this_case_is_ab.php?ref=mp

New Filing From Birther Taitz: Case Is Now A 'Quasi-Criminal Prosecution' Of Me!
Justin Elliott | September 28, 2009, 9:59AM


When we last checked in on the Birther lawsuit Attorney Orly Taitz is pursuing in federal court, Taitz's client, Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, was denouncing Taitz and threatening her with a bar complaint. And the judge had given Taitz until October 2 to explain why he shouldn't fine her $10,000 for repeated frivolous filings.

Now, in a new motion filed Saturday in U.S. district court in Georgia, Taitz "respectfully" requests that she be allowed to withdraw as Rhodes' counsel. (Rhodes, who has deployed to Iraq, already requested that Taitz no longer represent her.)

But here's the twist: Taitz says her motive for seeking to withdraw as counsel is to be able to divulge "privileged attorney-client communications" and to "offer evidence and call witnesses whose testimony will be adverse to her (former) client's most recently stated position in this case."

[TexasObserver]

1. OMG! She's priceless. I hope the judge allows her to argue this in court.

She's correct to file a motion to withdraw, but the sole basis is that she's been discharged by her client. She has no right to challenge her former client's decision to remove Taint as her attorney.

If she is allowed to air this out in court, she will only help the state Bar in their quest to disbar her.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. to divulge privileged communications?

Proof positive this woman is stark raving insane.

[donco6]

19. Just curious - wouldn't privileged communications remain privileged?

Can you withdraw and then blab about confidential discussions?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

26. the privilege is not the attorney's, it is the client's

Until and unless the client allows an attorney to breach a privileged communication, the attorney is barred (at risk of disbarment) from divulging it. There are exceptions, a future commission of a crime, legal fee disputes, and a rare few other examples. If the client refuses to release the info, the attorney cannot. Period.

[donco6]

35. That's what I thought.

I mean, anything else doesn't really make sense. But that's our Orly!

[Gman]

3. The Freepers will write:

"She's onto something here." "She's a brilliant lawyer." "She's crazy like a fox."

[LynneSin]

5. Hell they suggested her as Attorney General under a Palin presidency

I shit you not!

[YOY]

10. My god...it would be like Idiocracy 200 years early.

n/t

[Kookaburra]

6. Rabid fox, maybe

[WonderGrunion]

4. WTF?

Even if she withdraws as counsel, she has no legal right to break attorney client confidentiality. Only the client has that right. They shouldn't just disbar her, they should shut down the diploma mill she got her license from. And for god's sake, toughen up the requirements for the California Bar. Between Taitz and the LA DA's office, I'm beginning to think that nay high school drop out can practice law in California.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

15. She may have the right to break confidentiality

Usually state bar disciplinary rules allow the attorney to reveal privileged material if necessary to defend the attorney from a civil or criminal penalty arising out of the representation.

[WonderGrunion]

34. That's to protect an attorney that has been trapped by their client

into criminal wrongdoing. There is no question that ORLY has spearheaded her plunge into this beeshive she's found herself in.

[SacredCow]

7. ...

[brooklynite]

8. Don't forget, she trying for a TWO-FER...

She's still the attorney of record for the erstwhile Alan Keyes in a California lawsuit, and recently filed an appeal that suggests VP Cheney was in on the conspiracy...

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20030961/KEYES-v-OBAMA-69-OPPOSITION-to-MOTION-to-Dismiss-Case-AND-MEMORANDUM-OF-POINTS-AND-AUTHORITIES-IN-SUPPORT-OF-MOTION-56-filed-by-Plaintiff-Pamela

[Spazito]

9. Yay! The sit-com soapy is going to continue!

It just perks my day up when I see an OMG + Orly header. I just KNOW it is going to be positively delicious wrt Orly's 'AS THE COURT TURNS' saga and I was not disappointed upon reading this, lol.

:rofl:

[PopSixSquish]

11. Maybe She's Trying for a Rule 502 Exception But I Don't See How

(a) Disclosure Made in a Federal Proceeding or to a Federal Office or Agency; Scope of a Waiver

When the disclosure is made in a Federal proceeding or to a Federal office or agency and waives the attorney-client privilege or work-product protection, the waiver extends to an undisclosed communication or information in a Federal or State proceeding only if:

the waiver is intentional;
the disclosed and undisclosed communications or information concern the same subject matter; and
they ought in fairness to be considered together.

[Gregorian]

12. Oh noes! I'm terrified. What if Obama really isn't a US citizen????

Oh Orly, you could be right.


But I'm not holding my breath, other than to avoid the smell.

:)

It's entertaining, but oh so sad a state of affairs.

[Brother Buzz]

13. Privileged attorney-client communications is covered extensively in ethics classes

I guess she glossed over that home study part because she chose to attend karate classes instead.

[tanyev]

23. Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., Black Belt.

:rofl:

[Ozymanithrax]

14. I never assume "Oily Taintz couldn't get any wackier...."

Never..never...never...

[Raven]

16. Easy. Accept her withdrawal. Reject any testimony. Done. Over.

[WeDidIt]

17. And yet again, she failed to sign the motion

:eyes:

At least she's consistent.

[11 Bravo]

18. The communications remain privileged, even it Taitz is removed.

Holy shit, I wouldn't let this twit defend me in a jaywalking case!

[LynneSin]

20. well that only applies if you actually understand the law

:eyes:

[11 Bravo]

22. Oh, well shit, I guess that rules her out!

[adamuu]

24. stunning. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

21. How dare you! I have NEVER, EVER thought Oily Taintz couldn't get any wackier!!

:crazy: Miz :+ Taintz' :silly: wackiness :freak: can :wow: only :crazy: be :+ expressed :silly: as :freak: the :wow: sum :crazy: of :+ a :silly: divergent :freak: infinite :wow: series.:evilfrown:

[armyowalgreens]

25. She is a wet match in a cold, dark room.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

27. metaphors abound. But this kicks ass.

[struggle4progress]

28. The woman is mentally ill. She was warned not to file more frivolous motions,

under threat of sanction, and did so anyway. The judge notifies her that he's considering sanctions, and her client fires her -- at which point she files still more motions

The brakes don't work, and the train's hurtling downgrade towards The Curve

[Tx4obama]

29. The Judge has spoken....

September 28, 2009, 4:18PM

Judge Clay Land today granted Birther attorney Orly Taitz's motion to withdraw as counsel for her ex-client, but said he was not authorizing any breach of attorney-client privilege, and reminded her that she still must respond to his threat of sanctions for frivolous filings.

Read more here: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/judge_to_taitz_youre_not_off_the_hook_on_sanctions.php?ref=fpb

[Brother Buzz]

31. Indeed, and the honorable Judge Clay Land has cut her off at the pass.

The Court further notes that this order shall not be construed to authorize Plaintiff's counsel to breach any attorney-client privilege that may exist due to counsel's representation of Plaintiff. Moreover, the Court notifies counsel that in issuing its show cause sanctions order, the Court did not rely upon the letter sent by Plaintiff purporting to discharge counsel (Doc. 18), nor does the Court intend to rely upon that document in future proceedings regarding sanctions against Plaintiff's counsel. Whether Plaintiff expressly authorized counsel to file the motion for reconsideration is irrelevant to the Court's determination of whether the filing was legally frivolous.

[KatyaR]

33. Oh, I hope she starts blabbing immediately.

It sounds like Judge Land will smack her down good if she does. W00t!!

:popcorn: :bounce:

[BlooInBloo]

30. Why on earth would I *ever* think she couldn't get any wackier?

[treestar]

32. She had to pass the ethics exam to be admitted

So much for the usefulness of the ethics exams.

I wonder if she attended the required Continuing Legal Education for ethics? So much for the effectiveness of Continuing Legal Education.

This dipshit is making me question the entire bar admission procedure!

[Canuckistanian]

36. Well, this IS the next logical step

For an as-yet uncommitted mental patient.