Things got downright catty at 394th District Court of Texas today.
County attorney Rod Ponton sat at his secretary’s computer to use her Zoom for proceedings with Judge Roy Ferguson. However, there was a filer on her Zoom that made him look like a big-eyed white cat.
The 69-year-old lawyer did not know how to remove it, so he reassured the judge that, “I’m here live. I am not a cat.”
Even though he was willing to move forward as is, the judge was not. Therefore Ferguson told him how to remove the filter.
How did the judge feel about it all? He told Reuters it was a “fun moment.” Then he added, “Everyone involved handled it with dignity, and the filtered lawyer showed incredible grace.”
Personally, I think from now; all virtual proceedings should be done with filters. It would definitely make watching them more fun.
