Legal Commentary

A Really Bad Day in Court for This Lawyer

By Jeralyn

You think you have a difficult client? Check this out.

Anderson attorney Thomas Hamer said that he and his client had gone to a Social Security disability hearing in Indianapolis and they were returning to the Madison County Jail when Hudson suddenly jumped into the back seat and held a knife to his throat. It was not clear where Hudson got the knife.

Hamer told The Herald Bulletin that Hudson forced him to drive to a cemetery, where he bound Hamer's hands behind his back with a belt.

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"When we got to the cemetery, we kept going farther and farther back, and that's the first time I thought he was going to kill me," Hamer told the newspaper. Hamer said Hudson then drove the SUV to the Rangeline Nature Preserve on the city's east side, where he tied the lawyer's feet, left him and fled in the SUV. The attorney later escaped and flagged down a passing motorist who called for help, police said.

Hudson was in jail because he couldn't make bond on a domestic violence matter and Hamer had convinced the judge to grant him a temporary release so he could attend the hearing.

Video here. In it, Hamer is sympathetic to his client because "He has emotional baggage the rest of us don't deal with." Kudos to Hamer for taking the high road after his ordeal.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 09, 2008 (boomark / email).