Judge moonlights as funeral director

A Nashville, Tennessee judge has received some bad press lately for his second job as a funeral director.

Here are some details from Judge Works Second Job While Courtroom Waits, NewsChannel5.com, Nov. 10, 2008:

• Judge Gale Robinson is the presiding judge of Davidson Count’s General Sessions Courts.
• Judge Robinson’s salary is approximately $150,000 per year.
• Judge Robinson moonlights as a funeral director for his family-owned business.
• Judge Robinson has been known to chastise attorneys for being late to court.
• However, some litigants have had to wait for Judge Robinson while he was attending to a funeral.