I have written in this blog at length about the rising problem in this country of the legal profession losing its independence to advocate for their clients in the courtroom because the licensing and livelihood of that same legal profession lies with the judiciary, the same judiciary that the attorneys may be forced by their duty to their clients to criticize.
The issue of attorney right to criticize the judiciary and be free from punishment for that criticism has been raised in multiple law reviews.
Yet, no case recently has reached the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue, although there are enough cases in the court below where attorneys are in fact punished for their criticism of judges, including rightful criticism.
At this time, I have a case that was dismissed on the level of the district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, the appellate dismissal was without even a full review, by a summary "no publication" order.
I've never practiced in the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue of sanctions against an attorney by a judge in retaliation for the attorney's criticism against the judge and, in my case, a lawsuit against the judge in state court, may set the precedent on this issue for the whole country and may help both the legal profession and the public - if it gets before the eyes of the U.S. Supreme Court.
I appeal to my colleagues in the entire U.S., professors of law and non-profit civic organizations like ACLU and others who would want to support this issue.
What I would greatly appreciate would be amicus briefs for the case Bracci v. Becker out of the 2nd Circuit.
I will send the case file promptly to attorneys, law professors or civic law organizations who would express an interest in filing an amicus brief in my support.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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