Jonathan Mitchell

@jjmitchell.bsky.social

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Retired advocate, QC, KC. Edinburgh by birth and nature.

While at avizandum I came across a judgment of R. David Proctor, Chief United States District Judge in the Northern District of Alabama (McCullers v Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 218902, 2024 WL 4907226 (N.D. Ala. Nov. 26, 2024). The decision was noteworthy for ordering counsel on each side to go to lunch together to discuss how to act professionally through the case. In the course of the judgment he said: “The Golden Rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – is not just a good rule of thumb for everyday life. It is a critical component of legal professionalism. ” I agree.