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A video showing a woman identified as an attorney behaving aggressively and issuing death threats at the Legal Aid and Advisory Authority's Port of Spain office has gone viral on social media.

The disturbing footage has prompted responses from both the Authority and the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago, with the latter reminding attorneys of their professional and ethical obligations.
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00:00A video goes viral of a woman dressed as an attorney losing her cool using obscene language
00:07and getting violent over an issue reportedly with an online form at the Legal Aid Advisory
00:14Authority's Port of Spain office. She issues a threat saying, I will kill your whole family.
00:28Irate and violent, the security guard locks the door preventing her re-entry to the office.
00:33She proceeds to yank and kick the door before leaving. The woman got to her car but wasn't finished there.
00:41You think I'm ready? I don't know what I'm allowed, but I can't see it up to the courier.
00:46I come here to sign up to the fact who all the f***ing say wrong and I show you f***ing
00:52wrong, you're not perfect.
00:53You're not f***ing perfect. Don't all you are, they're perfect.
00:57Not all you are, and all you f***ing blocking her back from coming up.
01:03You f***ing just a dead b***h. No one will go. No one will f***ing leave here.
01:09All the mess up overnight closed.
01:12The recorded videos released online have since gone viral.
01:16The authority has since issued a statement acknowledging the incident at its Port of Spain head office yesterday.
01:23It said, quote,
01:24The authority wishes to assure the public that the individual identified does not work for the Legal Aid Advisory Authority
01:31and that all necessary security measures were taken, end quote.
01:36It assured members of the public that their offices remain open and they committed to providing quality legal representation to
01:44members of the public.
01:45Meanwhile, the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago has also taken note of the video.
01:51It says it is in the process of gathering the relevant facts.
01:54It also warned that attorneys are bound by the Code of Ethics under the Legal Professions Act.
02:01The Law Association says, quote,
02:03The association takes seriously any conduct that may affect public confidence in the legal profession, end quote.
02:10Latt also says it won't be making any further comments in fairness to all concerned and as the matter may
02:17be subject to other proceedings.