A Chicago lawyer says his opponent in a small claims proceeding is using an unfair tactic by sitting a buxom woman next to him at counsel's table. Attorney Thomas Gooch says the woman's sole purpose "is to draw the attention of the jury away from the relevant proceedings" — a dispute over a used car. He asks Cook County Circuit Judge Anita Rivkin-Carothers to order the woman to sit in the gallery with other spectators.
In responding to the pretrial motion, attorney Dmitry N. Feofanov calls the woman his "paralegal assistant." He contends Gooch cites no "good faith legal argument" why she can't sit at counsel's table.
Gooch tells the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin he doesn't think the woman is a paralegal.
The case is scheduled for trial June 28.