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A Chicago lawyer is being accused of sexism after requesting that a "large breasted woman" seated at the opposing counsel's table be moved as to not distract the jury, the Huffington Post reported.

Attorney Thomas Gooch, who is representing a Rolling Meadows car dealership in a small claims case, filed a motion last week asking Cook County Circuit Judge Anita Rivkin-Carothers to order his opposing counsel's paralegal to sit in the gallery with other spectators.

Gooch claims that the woman sitting next to the plaintiff's lawyer has no legal experience and was placed there to "draw the attention of the jury away from the relevant proceedings."（点击美国《赫芬顿邮报》查看原文）

律师助理“胸大”遭指责

       据美国《赫芬顿邮报》报道，芝加哥一名律师要求原告律师的“大胸”女助理离开辩护席，以免分散陪审团的注意力，结果被人指责性别歧视。

       在一起小额索赔案中，大律师托马斯•古奇为被告罗灵梅多汽车经销商提供辩护。上周他提出一项动议，要求库克县巡回法院的法官阿妮塔利维金•卡罗瑟斯命令原告律师的助理坐到旁听席去。

       古奇表示，坐在原告律师旁边的女助理没有工作经验，她坐在那里只会转移陪审团在庭审中的视线。

(China.org.cn May 31, 2011)