Here at the law school at Utah, we have a fun student organization called the Jackie Chiles Law Society. Seinfeld fans will recall that Jackie Chiles is the fast-talking lawyer character who appeared several times. The students here use the Society to look at how pop cultural portrays attorneys and whether those portrayals are accurate.
Sometimes, though, truth is stranger than fiction. At their meeting today, the students dug up this You Tube clip that’s quite amusing. The lawyer procedes to flip-off the witness several times, ostensibly to test the witness’ ability to discern the difference between various hand gestures.
I think the opposing counsel should have inserted, “Let the record reflect ….”