Hodges v. Gray

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant Henry Hodges, an attorney, appeals from being four times held in contempt of court by Chancellor Alice Gray for contumacious statements made during the argument of a child custody case. Appellant Hodges represented Pamela Skokos, the former wife of Theodore Skokos, also a member of the bar, in an extended divorce and child custody case. The record clearly reflects a contest of wills between counsel and the chancellor. At one point, Ms. Skokos petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari to disqualify Chancellor Gray from hearing the case because of her…