Here’s Our Surprised Face

When South Carolina’s personal injury lawyers aren’t screwing South Carolina small businesses out of hundreds of millions of dollars, they’re apparently hooking up the judges who have consistently done their anti-competitive bidding with “lifetime achievement awards.”

Like Judge G. Ross Anderson, whose sole purpose in life has been to ask “how high” when S.C. Trial-Lawyer-in-Chief Kathryn Williams tells him to jump.

Anyway, here’s the latest missive from the group formerly known as the S.C. Trial Lawyers Association:

The Honorable G. Ross Anderson, District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, was honored on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 by the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) with a lifetime achievement award presented at the organization’s annual Auto Torts Seminar held at the Ritz-Carlton-Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta.

The award was presented to Judge Anderson at his office in Greenville prior to the Auto Torts conference by SCAJ members David A. Fedor and J. Marvin Mullis, Jr. and videotaped for presentation at the Atlanta conference. Although Judge Anderson was unable to attend the event, the video of the presentation prompted an ovation by the lawyers present.

“Judge Anderson’s contributions to the trial bar of this state are not just due to his outstanding legal acumen,” said Mike Hemlepp, Executive Director of SCAJ. “His personal commitment to helping young lawyers improve their trial skills has enhanced the justice system in South Carolina in ways that cannot be measured.”

Oh, it can be measured alright … in lost jobs, lost capital investment and a competitive position that continues to slip even further as these jokers down highballs and cheat on their wives at the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton.

Of course it’s important in situations like this not to question anything the ambulance chasers do. After all, they’re “the most important people in America.”

Just ask them.

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