Disbarred lawyer sentenced on new criminal charges
A lawyer in Georgia who had already been disbarred for inventing hearing dates in a custody case is in more hot water. Eliot J. Vogt was disbarred for making up hearing dates and forging a court order...
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Lawyer faces disbarment for using ‘Esq.’ while suspended
A California disciplinary panel has recommended disbarment for a lawyer who allegedly held himself out as entitled to practice law while under suspension. The California State Bar Court recently...
View ArticleLawyer’s tax evasion results in disbarment
Disbarment is the presumptive discipline for a lawyer who engages in tax evasion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled. A lawyer licensed to practice law in the state since 1968 pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleIn-house counsel gets permanent double disbarment
A lawyer who continued to work as an in-house attorney after he had been disbarred has now been permanently disbarred. James David Turnage, a Louisiana attorney admitted in 1993, was hired by WorldCom...
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Lawyer can’t avoid disbarment for lesser sanction
A lawyer who misappropriated client funds failed to establish compelling mitigating circumstances justifying a departure from the presumed sanction of disbarment, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in...
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Attorney’s drinking leads to disbarment
Repeated arrests for drunken driving and other “outrageous behavior” must result in an attorney’s disbarment, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. Lewis B. Moon was first arrested in September 2008...
View ArticleLawyer can’t sue U.S. over disbarment
An attorney who claimed he was wrongfully disbarred by a federal court of appeals in 1996 could not pursue a Tucker Act claim for damages against the federal government, the Federal Circuit Court of...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Class action king Stan Chesley disbarred by Ky. top court
Stanley M. Chesley’s fabled career appears to be at an end in the wake of yesterday’s decision by the Kentucky Supreme Court to disbar the pioneering class action lawyer for taking an “unreasonable”...
View ArticleLawyer disbarred over missing money
A lawyer who failed to make an $8,250 disbursement after a 2008 loan closing without ever explaining or repaying the money has been disbarred by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board. Jeanne Lynn...
View ArticleLawyer disbarred for illegal drug use, misappropriation
A Maryland attorney with a history of substance abuse will be disbarred for his illegal activities, abandonment of clients and misappropriation of client funds. According to the Maryland Court of...
View ArticleDisbarred lawyer sentenced on new criminal charges
A lawyer in Georgia who had already been disbarred for inventing hearing dates in a custody case is in more hot water. Eliot J. Vogt was disbarred for making up hearing dates and forging a court order...
View ArticleLawyer faces disbarment for using ‘Esq.’ while suspended
A California disciplinary panel has recommended disbarment for a lawyer who allegedly held himself out as entitled to practice law while under suspension. The California State Bar Court recently...
View ArticleLawyer’s tax evasion results in disbarment
Disbarment is the presumptive discipline for a lawyer who engages in tax evasion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled. A lawyer licensed to practice law in the state since 1968 pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleIn-house counsel gets permanent double disbarment
A lawyer who continued to work as an in-house attorney after he had been disbarred has now been permanently disbarred. James David Turnage, a Louisiana attorney admitted in 1993, was hired by WorldCom...
View ArticleLawyer can’t avoid disbarment for lesser sanction
A lawyer who misappropriated client funds failed to establish compelling mitigating circumstances justifying a departure from the presumed sanction of disbarment, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in...
View ArticleAttorney’s drinking leads to disbarment
Repeated arrests for drunken driving and other “outrageous behavior” must result in an attorney’s disbarment, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled. Lewis B. Moon was first arrested in September 2008...
View ArticleLawyer can’t sue U.S. over disbarment
An attorney who claimed he was wrongfully disbarred by a federal court of appeals in 1996 could not pursue a Tucker Act claim for damages against the federal government, the Federal Circuit Court of...
View ArticleBenchmarks: Class action king Stan Chesley disbarred by Ky. top court
Stanley M. Chesley’s fabled career appears to be at an end in the wake of yesterday’s decision by the Kentucky Supreme Court to disbar the pioneering class action lawyer for taking an “unreasonable”...
View ArticleLawyer disbarred over missing money
A lawyer who failed to make an $8,250 disbursement after a 2008 loan closing without ever explaining or repaying the money has been disbarred by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board. Jeanne Lynn...
View ArticleLawyer disbarred for illegal drug use, misappropriation
A Maryland attorney with a history of substance abuse will be disbarred for his illegal activities, abandonment of clients and misappropriation of client funds. According to the Maryland Court of...
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