Florida lawyer is indefinitely suspended after telling court about implanted microchip
A Florida lawyer who told a court that opposing counsel was torturing her with microchips implanted behind her left ear has been indefinitely suspended from law practice.
Lawyer Janice Jennings was indefinitely suspended in a February order (PDF), according to a March 31 Florida Bar summary reported by the Legal Profession Blog. The suspension remains in effect for at least 91 days and continues until she undergoes a psychological evaluation and abides by the recommendations of Florida Lawyers Assistance.
The court previously imposed an emergency suspension that took effect in August.
In emails to a senior bar counsel, Jennings had maintained a psychological evaluation was inappropriate. “What has been done, and, at each microchip activation to me, evokes a neurological response, as opposed to a psychological response,” Jennings wrote. “Hence, if I had a neurologist’s report which I submitted, that appears more appropriate, wouldn’t you agree?”
