Larry Wilder, a once-respected Indiana lawyer, resigned today over an event that somehow slipped under my radar.
“On June 17th, Jeffersonville attorney Larry Wilder was found asleep by police in his neighbor’s overturned city garbage can after neighbors called police when they woke to find their trash strewn on the ground and a man inside the receptacle.”
Good times.
“Although police records describe Wilder as “10-47” — police code for intoxicated — upon officers’ arrival, no breath alcohol or sobriety test was administered. It’s an officer’s discretion on what actions to take in such situations, the chief said. Typically, if someone is that close to their home, they would just be escorted to their residence.”
Sounds like the dude had a serious night on the town.
The night before he and some friends were celebrating one of his colleagues’ advancement with dinner and drinks with friends in nearby Louisville, Ky. He was driven home in a client’s limousine and, get this……
remembers little of what happened after that. YOU DON’T SAY?? lol
A neighbor found Wilder sleeping inside the can when walking out of the house that morning.
As a result, Wilder has been the butt of many jokes on law blogs and has taken a some harsh criticism from city officials, including the mayor, who called him an “embarrassment”.
I don’t think embarrassment is the right word… driving home and getting popped would have been an embarrassment, this was just a good time that got a little out of hand.
But as a result, the Indiana lawyer has quit all of his public jobs.
“In 2008, he was the highest paid of Jeffersonville’s six city attorneys, receiving $107,000 in tax dollars. That’s four times more than the next highest-paid city attorney.”
Larry Wilder says he also has told the Greater Clark County School Board that he won’t seek to renew his annual contract when it expires June 30.
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