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When one lawyer complained that social distancing guidelines weren’t being followed in the jam-packed Brooklyn Supreme Court courtroom, [Judge] Baynes fired back.
“If you don’t like it, you can leave,” the lawyer recalled Baynes telling her.
The courtroom session continued, and Baynes — well-liked and highly regarded by courthouse regulars — handled the day’s business with his usual lively vigor.
It was his last appearance on the bench. Two weeks later, the judge was dead of complications related to coronavirus.
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Quote from article:
When one lawyer complained that social distancing guidelines weren’t being followed in the jam-packed Brooklyn Supreme Court courtroom, [Judge] Baynes fired back.
“If you don’t like it, you can leave,” the lawyer recalled Baynes telling her.
The courtroom session continued, and Baynes — well-liked and highly regarded by courthouse regulars — handled the day’s business with his usual lively vigor.
It was his last appearance on the bench. Two weeks later, the judge was dead of complications related to coronavirus.

A Brooklyn courthouse was still packed as coronavirus spread. Judges, their staffs and lawyers are paying the price.
It was business as usual March 12 in Brooklyn Supreme Court's civil courthouse. A lawyer unnerved by the spreading coronavirus pandemic complained to Judge Johnny Lee Baynes that his courtroom was too crowded. “If you don’t like it, you can leave,” the lawyer recalled Baynes telling her. Two...

Coronavirus takes harsh toll at busy Brooklyn courthouse - New York D…
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