Brooklyn, NY – Shady lawyer Paul Siminovsky was all smiles when he walked into Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, hoping to avoid jail time for delivering the goods on disgraced Judge Gerald Garson.
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But his pearly whites disappeared when he was slapped with a year in jail.
Siminovsky, 48, a successful divorce lawyer who enjoyed unusual access to Garson, was caught on tape being promised that he would get favorable outcomes for litigants by throwing drinks, dinners and cash Garson’s way.
But he cut a deal with prosecutors and wore a wire on Garson, his one-time mentor.
The one year behind bars was the maximum allowed under the terms of the deal with the Brooklyn DA.
In handing down the stiff sentence, Justice Jeffrey Berry brushed aside pleas by prosecutors to spare Siminovsky, any jail time, in light of his cooperation in the Garson investigation.
“There’s no way I could ever look in a mirror if I gave you probation,” Berry told Siminovsky. “Because you deserve to go to jail . . . I trust that every day you serve there, you’ll realize the harm you did.” [nypost]
Kudos to Judge Berry.