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Article: D.C. Man Jailed for Contempt; Court Reacts to Ads Saying He Was Ex-Administrative Law Judge
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 9, 1996
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A D.C. businessman was jailed yesterday after he was convicted
of repeatedly violating court orders not to advertise himself as a
former administrative law judge.
D.C. Superior Court Judge Richard A. Levie ruled that Simon
Banks, 57, was a danger to the community and ordered him jailed
immediately after Levie found him in criminal contempt on five of
six charges.
Banks had sought to avoid jail by telling Levie that he
planned to move his office out of the District and begin complying
with court orders. But Levie found that Banks had made the same
promise in 1994 and failed to keep it.