Georgia lawyer gives appeal court an ‘earful’ with novel Mickey Mouse argument

Robert Ingram of Moore Ingram Johnson & Steeles sought a brand new avenue of persuasion during a recent hearing before the Georgia Court of Appeals.
 
Wearing Donald duck ears, he told the panel that not even Disney World couldn’t endure the “fantasy arguments” produced by opposing counsel.
 
According to Law.com, Ingram told the court that he had spent the prior week at Disney World together with his grandchildren where they had seen “all types of fantasy.” But nothing they saw, he added, could compare to the arguments of opposing counsel. He then doffed the head wear.
 
Ingram’s novel approach arose in the context of an appeal from an order disqualifying two lawyers from representing their client in litigation. Ingram was arguing to uphold the disqualification.
 
No word yet on who won – or what impact those Donald duck ears might have had.
 
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