... But then I read this article «Boston Legal Community Abuzz
Over Disbarment» (5/14/05) and it all made sense.
Not exact matches
At least you have
disbarment to hold
over a lawyer's head, or malpractice.
The judge presiding
over Jack Thompson's
disbarment case has recommended that he be considered for a permanent
disbarment.
The state Disciplinary Review Board found that keeping the money, rather than turning it
over to his then firm, Budd Larner, constituted «willful misappropriation» and recommended
disbarment.
Those
disbarment totals accounted for just
over 0.08 percent of the U.S. population of 1.27 million active practicing attorneys at the end of 2012, a number based on headcounts collected from the states and territories by the ABA Market Research Department.
The State Bar of North Carolina sought Nifong's
disbarment over his misconduct in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case.
These detailed complaints, with
over 500 pages of supporting exhibits, have been filed with the state bars in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Texas and Pennsylvania, and they seek disciplinary action and
disbarment.