A Miami-Dade County Court judge is in hot water for allegedly denying trial breaks for an attorney and nursing mother to pump her breast milk.

Marissa Altman, an 11-year assistant public defender, said Judge Fred Seraphin last week refused her request to take short breaks every three to four hours to pump her breasts during a trial. She has a 5-month-old child and said she must pump her breast milk twice during the workday to feed her child and avoid pain.