City officials in Chicago recently removed the above-pictured steamy billboard for a law firm specializing in divorce. The ad, which proclaimed "Life's short. Get a divorce," was up for only one week before its removal. Numerous complaints were lodged against the ad by citizens, who found the scantily clad models objectionable.
Other attorneys also complained because they believe the billboard to be undignified and unprofressional. Some, including John Ducanto, past president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, have gone so far as to call on the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee of the Supreme Court of Illinois to sanction the attorneys responsible for this ad.
The actual reason that the city removed the billboard was not due to the complaints, but rather because the law firm did not obtain the necessary permits before erecting it. The attorneys responsible for the ad claim that it was removed without due process. Of course, they also report that calls to their firm increased dramatically during the short time the billboard was posted.
Source: ""Life's Short" Divorce Billboard Removed After Complaints from Residents and Other Lawyers" published at FindLaw.com and "'Life's Short. Get a Divorce.' -- Chicago Billboard Turns Heads" by Chris Francescani, published at ABC News.
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