{"id":161891,"date":"2026-08-31T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/31\/biglaw-firms-emails-casually-insult-dumb-judge-and-poop-man\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:49:10","slug":"biglaw-firms-emails-casually-insult-dumb-judge-and-poop-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/31\/biglaw-firms-emails-casually-insult-dumb-judge-and-poop-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Firm\u2019s Emails Casually Insult \u2018Dumb Judge\u2019 And \u2018Poop Man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I am wondering whether we should ask Judge Whelan to strike their praecipe to discontinue under Rule 229(c). I have never done it before but this feels like the right opportunity. Keeping it live in PA could make this easier for a dumb judge in RI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2013Holland &amp; Knight senior counsel Natalie Molz in emails flagged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/exclusive-ncaas-lawyer-in-legal-battle-in-ri-emails-unveil-insults-to-football-player-dumb-judge-and-players-mother\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoLocalProv<\/a>. Holland &amp; Knight represents the NCAA in a case opposing a college football player seeking extended eligibility due to intestinal health issues. Another Holland &amp; Knight lawyer, partner Taylor Askew, emailed the team \u201cThe poop man cometh once more,\u201d referring to the plaintiff.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-firms-emails-casually-insult-dumb-judge-and-poop-man\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Firm\u2019s Emails Casually Insult \u2018Dumb Judge\u2019 And \u2018Poop Man\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-single__featured-image post-single__featured-image--medium alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/GettyImages-843013130-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>I am wondering whether we should ask Judge Whelan to strike their praecipe to discontinue under Rule 229(c). I have never done it before but this feels like the right opportunity. Keeping it live in PA could make this easier for a dumb judge in RI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2013Holland &amp; Knight senior counsel Natalie Molz in emails flagged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/exclusive-ncaas-lawyer-in-legal-battle-in-ri-emails-unveil-insults-to-football-player-dumb-judge-and-players-mother\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoLocalProv<\/a>. Holland &amp; Knight represents the NCAA in a case opposing a college football player seeking extended eligibility due to intestinal health issues. Another Holland &amp; Knight lawyer, partner Taylor Askew, emailed the team \u201cThe poop man cometh once more,\u201d referring to the plaintiff.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am wondering whether we should ask Judge Whelan to strike their praecipe to discontinue under Rule 229(c). I have never done it before but this feels like the right opportunity. Keeping it live in PA could make this easier for a dumb judge in RI. \u2013Holland &amp; Knight senior counsel Natalie Molz in emails [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-843013130-Pk2rMm.webp?fit=416%2C416&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}