A New York judge has ordered court supervision of a lawyer for “objectionable conduct” toward a female opposing counsel who he said had a “cute little thing going on” during a deposition. According to transcripts of the deposition, Thomas Decea of Danzig Fishman & Decea also called Michelle Rice of Arkin Kaplan & Rice “hon” and “girl” and asked her why she was not wearing a wedding ring. The judge said Decea’s behavior reflected gender bias as well as “a lack of civility, good manners and common courtesy.”
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