Roy Pearson Jr. is unemployed and I am happy about it. Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post
Roy L. Pearson Jr., the administrative law judge who lost his $54 million lawsuit against a Northeast Washington dry cleaner, lost his job yesterday and was ordered to vacate his office, sources said.
Pearson, 57, who had served as a judge for two years, was up for a 10-year term at the Office of Administrative Hearings, but a judicial committee last week voted against reappointing him.
You probably never heard of Pearson. but you likely heard of the lawsuit Pearson filed He sued a DC dry cleaner, for fifty-fuur millions dollars over a lost pair of pants. While Soo Chung, the dry cleaner, prevailed in court, she was still saddled with her legal fees.