“If a child used your computer, before you join a virtual hearing check the Zoom Video Options to be sure filters are off. “It just showed the professionalism and the dignity that these lawyers bring to virtual hearings.”įerguson used his Twitter account to give the world a public service announcement about using Zoom. “If you watch carefully, no one mocked him or laughed at him,” Ferguson said. While it may have looked very “un-purr-fessional,” the judge was proud of how all sides handled the situation. Ferguson said Texas judges have held more than a million virtual hearings at this point.
Virtual hearings have been a mainstay during the pandemic and it’s no different in Texas.
A person who answered the phone at his office said the office was receiving a lot of calls. “Of course, the lawyer would have no reason to even know that feature exists.”ĬNN reached out to Ponton, the county attorney for Presido County, but did not hear back. “When a child had been using the computer, (the child) turned on a filter,” he said.
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He added that he walked the lawyer through how to turn it off. The Zoom filter was removed within seconds of that moment, Ferguson said. There was no joke involved,” Ferguson told CNN via phone. “I’m here, live, I’m not a cat,” he said a few seconds later.įerguson confirmed the Zoom mishap happened on Tuesday. “Can you hear me judge?” Ponton said, appearing in the cat filter. The small, white kitten looked sad with its concerned eyes darting back and forth. Ponton, I believe you have a filter turned on in the video settings,” the judge said. The mishap on Tuesday was posted by the court’s YouTube channel. Ferguson of the 394th Judicial District Court in Texas kindly addressed the cat in the virtual room, suggesting that attorney Rod Ponton adjust his Zoom settings. A livestream of a virtual court proceeding in Texas took an “appawling” turn when a lawyer appeared as a cat on screen.
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