Editor's note: Your ProbateShark finds no humor in this attack on the elderly.  It is important in that it baits lawyer against lawyer.  And is the "change" they seek resulting in the corrupt Probate Court of Cook County? Lucius Verenus,  Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com 


Old People, Ridiculousness, Rudeness

Old Lawyers Fight At Country Club, Submit Dueling Membership Revocation Letters

By Staci Zaretsky

‘You amoeba-shaped squid!’

Old lawyers have earned themselves a bad reputation, especially in light of the current legal economy. They’re reviled by some as the Boomers who refuse to retire and make way for the new generation of attorneys. They refuse to adopt new technologies, they always think they’re right, and they adamantly refuse to change. This may be an unfair characterization, but many people believe it to be true, as disrespectful as it may be.
Given the harsh way some view older lawyers, of course they would be amused to see two of them almost come to blows inside a genteel Alabama country club. Imagine an attorney in his 70s allegedly screaming “you motherf*cker” at the top of his lungs, and then you’ll get an idea of what reportedly went down….

The events we’re about to talk about happened in October, but the dueling Montgomery Country Club membership revocation letters that were sent by the lawyers involved have been making their way around the legal circuit in Alabama, and we finally received them last night. In the long list of forwards, various members of the bar wrote that the letters were “hilarious” and “awesome.” One recipient summarized what transpired thusly: “I think one of them called the other an amoeba.” How’s that for southern charm?
The attorneys involved in the altercation were Thomas T. Gallion III and Thomas G. Mancuso. Here’s what Mancuso claims happened at the beginning of the country club confrontation (click to enlarge):

Gallion, on the other hand, claims Mancuso sent him a “defamatory letter” days before the incident at the club. Here’s Gallion’s description of what allegedly happened on the day of the fight (click to enlarge):

Here’s another excerpt from Mancuso’s letter to the country club president that we suspect was meant to gin up some sympathy for him as he painted himself as the lawyer with the cooler head (click to enlarge):

Here’s Gallion’s response to Mancuso’s “woe is me” narrative. This paragraph makes Gallion seems like… a very special kind of d-bag who must be a big hit at parties and social gatherings (click to enlarge):

We don’t know for sure if either of these fine gentlemen was barred from returning to the country club, but Mancuso suggests that he may file criminal charges against Gallion, while Gallion claims that never happened because he “learned a long time ago never to put one’s hand in garbage.” This guy’s got balls.
Gallion made the following promise when it comes to Mancuso’s presence at the club (click to enlarge):

Life as a grumpy old lawyer in Alabama certainly seems like it gets pretty entertaining, y’all.
(Flip through the following pages to see Thomas Mancuso’s and Thomas Gallion’s redacted letters in full.)