Mich. Panel OKs Fine For Atty's Gender-Based Slur At Judge

By Carolyn Muyskens ( October 1, 2025, 7:54 PM EDT) -- A Michigan appellate panel has affirmed a $7,500 fine for a lawyer who called a judge a vulgar term during a virtual hearing, rejecting the lawyer's defense that he thought he had closed out of the video call when he made the remark....

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