Attorney Cited For Skipping Court On Yom Kippur; Contempt Charges Then Dropped

CBS2Chicago reports that yesterday Jewish attorney Moria Bernstein faced a contempt citation issued by County Judge Veronica Mathein. Bernsten told the judge she could not appear at an emergency hearing on a divorce property settlement scheduled Thursday because Bernstein was observing Yom Kippur. After a contentious arguments on whether the Thursday hearing was in fact an emergency, Judge Mathein decided to vacate the contempt citation and arrest order that she had previously issued.