WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- They lost his pants. So the customer, who happened to be a D.C. judge, sued his dry cleaner for $54 million.
Now more than a decade later, a law board wants to stop the former judge and current attorney from practicing law for two years.
It was the lawsuit heard around the world. In 2005, a former D.C. administrative judge said the owners at a Northeast D.C. dry cleaners owed him more than $1,000 after they lost his pants.
Then Judge Roy L. Pearson Jr.'s assertion was he wasn't satisfied, and the store had a sign that read "satisfaction guaranteed."
Remember the judge who sued his NE DC dry cleaners for $54M after they lost his pants? Here's what he orig wanted. pic.twitter.com/jo1cLXksO4
— Debra Alfarone (@DebraAlfarone) June 9, 2016
The lawsuit dragged on and Pearson asked for more money in damages every day, eventually reaching $54 million. Pearson lost the suit.
Eleven years later, the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility said Pearson committed two ethics violations for disobeying rules and making claims that had no merit. The board wants the 65-year-old to sit out practicing law for two years and wants him to not be a part of any frivolous lawsuits in the future.
Counsel for the bar did not provide an excuse as to why this took so long. A final decision could take months.
WUSA9 reached out to Pearson for comment; he did not return our call.
