An old proverb tells us that a fool and his money are soon parted. A similar proverb tells us that an attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client. Therefore, by the transitive property, an attorney who represents himself and his money are soon parted.
No one, however, has ever told that to Michael G. Bubsy, Jr.
The Texas Lawyer reports that Mr. Bubsy has initiated a class action lawsuit -- Bubsy v. Psychic Love Spell Center -- in which he alleges that he gave a "fortune teller", whose d/b/a is the titular Psychic Love Spell Center, a box filled with $2,700 in cash to be "cleansed" as part of a "ritual to unite husband and wife". It is also alleged that while the box was eventually returned, the contents of it were not. Mr. Bubsy further seeks class certification, as it is alleged that Malana Thorn, the operator of the Psychic Love Spell Center, had similarly defrauded at least a hundred other individuals.
I must say that I am shocked and appalled at this lawsuit. If you can't trust your fortune teller with a box full of money, who can you trust? It's a black day for our society when we can't even purchase a psychic ritual without fear of being ripped off.
On the bright side, though, at least Mr. Bubsy didn't use client funds to do this. Though that'd've been the gift that kept on giving, as the eventual disciplinary proceedings would've been fodder for Ethically Challenged.
