A Miami-Dade County Court judge is in hot water for allegedly denying trial breaks for an attorney and nursing mother to express her breast milk.

Marissa Altman Glatzer, an 11-year assistant public defender, said Judge Fred Seraphin last week refused her request to take short breaks every three to four hours during trial. She has a 5-month-old daughter and said she must pump her breast milk twice during the workday to feed her child and avoid pain.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]