Brooklyn Legal Aid Created a New Leak in Boat Bar

2008_08_pee.jpgCourt papers obtained by the NY Post reveal that two Brooklyn Legal Aid defense attorneys were involved in a physical altercation outside Boat Bar in Cobble Hill after one of them urinated on the floor inside the bar. The incident occurred earlier this summer after Legal Aids Brendan Relyea and Michael Pate went outside the bar after Relyea relieved himself on the floor rather than wait on a long bathroom line. When they were encouraged to leave by former prosecutor Matthew Knouff, their response was to punch Knouff out and fling him into a roll-down gate. Knouff is no stranger to drunken mischief himself, having been suspended since 2006 after he threw a brick through a car windshield following the DA's office Christmas party. Pate and Relyea were charged with assault, menacing and harassment and Relyea with public urination.

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bullshit. Isn't this the plot of the new Bochco drama?

Oh well, stay classy Legal Aid & former ADA's both. Nothing says class like pissing on the floor of a bar. You can almost smell the douchebaggery contained in this article.

He should get his head and bladder examined.

Whats wrong with going outside and pissing in
a stores doorway like they do in the flatiron
district?

Usually when I'm stuck on a bar or club line to the restrooms and I'm about to blow, I take the nearest Coor's Light and let loose. Then I seal the bottle and leave it on the bar for some unsuspecting smuck to pick it up and start drinking.

After the first sip, they immediately notice the greatly improved taste and slight feeling of euphoria.

lawyers -- need i say more?

I think that the cases they work on are so mean and perverted that it's catching. The majority of them are university graduates with law degrees and not at some cop with a HS equivalency diploma. They should all undergo periodic counseling. It's got to be a very difficult job, it affects your soul.

So you have to be piss-poor to get a lawyer who pisses poorly?

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