The Fourth District Court of Appeal on Thursday referred San Diego attorney Benjamin Pavone to the State Bar, finding that he committed misconduct and demonstrated gender bias by calling the ruling of a female judge who denied him attorney fees “succubustic.”
A succubus, the court pointed out, “is defined as a demon assuming female form which has sexual intercourse with men in their sleep.”
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