Fox Rothschild Cans Ian Siminoff

This story is going to get a lot of print and web space, and many bags of popcorn will be consumed ere it reaches its conclusion.

I am sure many colleagues have encountered the asshat, BigLaw-ABA type, who puts in appearances at drunken ABA galas to sanctimoniously pontificate about how his lesser vertebrate cousins sexually objectify and disrespect women. Eventually, of course, the alcoholic fog dissipates, and such characters then depart the PC, duck-speak world of ABA-hosted events to return home, and there, to do what they do at home.

Recognizing that the linked story, at this point, is premised chiefly on untested allegations of a complaint, it is likely significant that a considerable number of emails are cited verbatim in the complaint. It is likely also significant that the firm, upon learning of the allegations in the complaint, swiftly purged the defendant from the organization, and concurrently, purged all mention of him from the firm website.

Reading about the many sexually suggestive emails and the dick pics Mr. Siminoff allegedly sent the plaintiff, I must admit to garnering a certain, superior amusement from the nearly juvenile clumsiness and utter cluelessness displayed in the course (or perhaps coarseness) of his pitiable, failed efforts.

The plaintiff was a paralegal of some 27 years' experience with the firm and predecessor firms, and to be fair to her, reasonably fit and attractive for a 58-year-old, and seemingly, the sort of respectable, professional colleague one would have over for tea without taking much thought in the matter.

But (and again, in fairness, based solely on the untested allegations of the complaint) it would appear  Mr. Smoove, with an understanding of courtship roughly parallel to cinematic portrayals such as "Porky's Revenge," was largely inept, and (as it turned out) functionally unable to make any sort of positive impression on his romantic quarry. It would appear that ABA-ness and BigLawbie-ness, after all, may fall somewhat short when it comes to sophistication in courtship, or sucessfully impressing a pretty woman who does not happen to be a sex worker. Poor Siminoff. I fear the world is not laughing with him,

https://nypost.com/2019/12/18/ian-siminoff-fox-rothschild-lawyer-tried-to-rape-colleague-suit/