Ethics
Lawyer is ‘shaken’ and ‘humiliated’ after her slur and obscenity are heard by others in Zoom listening to
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A Chicago lawyer accused of utilizing a racial slur and an obscenity whereas unmuted on Zoom advised a decide Friday that she is “shaken” and “humiliated” by the incident.
Donna Makowski apologized and advised Decide Dominique Ross that: “I’ve no phrases for the inexcusable episode,” the Chicago Sun-Times reports, counting on courtroom transcripts.
In keeping with a courtroom submitting cited by the Chicago Sun-Times and CBS News, Makowski used the phrase “motherf- – -ers” to explain individuals on the Prepare dinner County Sheriff’s Workplace and in addition used the N-word. She made the feedback whereas ready for her consumer Thursday on the Zoom name.
Ross and different individuals heard Makowski’s feedback. Makowski stated the N-word was not directed at Ross.
Ross stated she wouldn’t discover Makowski in contempt “as a result of the courtroom can’t educate adults to not make ignorant statements, to make racial slurs, whether or not they’re directed on the courtroom or not,” based on the Chicago Solar-Occasions. Ross stated she couldn’t impose a punishment on Makowski that may “surpass the embarrassment, the humiliation” of the incident.
Ross stated, nonetheless, she would refer the matter to the Illinois Lawyer Registration and Disciplinary Fee for attainable self-discipline.
Makowski didn’t reply to a request for remark by the Chicago Solar-Occasions and was not accessible when CBS Information tried to contact her.
She additionally didn’t decide up, nor did an answering machine take a message, when the ABA Journal twice known as her at a telephone quantity listed by ethics regulators.
