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'Pure shock': Attorney Mariah Medina breaks silence as Internet debates over her sleeveless dress criticized by a Texas judge

As the Internet debates criminal defense attorney Mariah Medina's sleeveless dress during a hearing for which she got an earful from a female judge in front of other attorneys and defendants, Medina said her reaction was "honestly, pure shock". Yolanda Huff, the judge called her knee-length sleeveless dress a "tank top" and Medina said the encounter left her "embarrassed, demeaned, honestly in disbelief". “I’ve been treated professionally by many judges and fellow lawyers, and this was a first," Medina told Jesse Weber Live adding that there is no dress code that says the shoulders need to be covered.

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