Sentences with phrase «disbarment for»

Should lawyers also have to worry about disbarment for bouncing checks at the grocery store or calling in sick in order to go to the beach?

«A hearing officer for the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers has recommended disbarment for three well - known lawyers accused of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to discredit a former Superior Court judge, The Boston Globe reports today.

This can be particularly convenient in the legal industry as falling out of compliance could mean disbarment for your firm.

Failure to remain compliant could result in stiff penalties for law firms, or even disbarment for its lawyers.

What are the consequences of disbarment for Spitzer's professional life if he's forced to resign?

Disbarment for bank robbery.

And someone mentioned disbarment for the magistrate.

He could also face censure or even disbarment for making Daniels sign a false statement denying the affair under the New York Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility, which states, «In the representation of a client, a lawyer shall not... Knowingly make a false statement of law or fact.»

Not exact matches

The ex-Staten Island congressman, who spent seven months behind bars for tax evasion, is asking an appeals court to turn his disbarment from the federal system into a one - year suspension instead.

Silver's lawyers argued that the disbarment should be delayed until a federal judge decides on their motion for a new trial, but the appeals court denied the request.

Michael Grimm, the ex-Staten Island congressman who spent seven months behind bars for tax evasion, is asking an appeals court to turn his disbarment from the federal system into a one - year suspension instead.

Mr. Silver's lawyers argued that the disbarment should be delayed until a federal judge decides on their motion for a new trial.

At the end of Thompson's June 4th hearing, Tunis recommended enhanced disbarment, which would ensure that for the next ten years, the only bar Thompson will saddle up to will be the neighborhood drinking hole.

Well seems Jack Thompson might not be much of a problem in the near future, the Anti-Game Lawyer has reason to be a little embarrassed this week as The Florida Supreme Court approved a recommendation made by Judge Dava Tunis earlier this year, a recommendation that Jack Thompson receive a permanent disbarment with no opportunity for reinstatement.

The judge presiding over Jack Thompson's disbarment case has recommended that he be considered for a permanent disbarment.

Lucky for them a loophole in the law may save them from prosecution, but should not save them from disbarment.

In Minnesota legal circles, a newspaper once wrote of him, David Moskal was «known for several remarkable achievements, including the fastest disbarment in the state's history.»

If dishonesty, outside the context of an attorney - client relationship is grounds for disbarment, why isn't greed and incompetence?

On January 7, the Louisiana Hearing Committee recommended one fiery lawyer's permanent disbarment after determining he «had to be admonished for brandishing about his shillelagh, his action clearly inappropriate for a disciplinary proceeding.»

Failure to remain compliant could result in stiff penalties for law firms, even disbarment.

Will they be going on a three - week cause for disbarment.

«In Ohio, there's no such thing as reinstatement after disbarment — which includes being disbarred, resigning with discipline pending, or asking to retire and having that request accepted,» says Jonathan E. Coughlan, the disciplinary counsel for the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus.

It's become very difficult to come back from disbarment because that's saved for the most serious offenses.»

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.

A second petition filed in November 2003 resulted in his disbarment and a second order to reimburse the conduct committee for the investigation and prosecution.

A lawyer in Louisiana was recently the victim of a double disbarment, being permanently disbarred by the Louisiana Supreme Court for continuing to work as an attorney for Verizon after being disbarred in 2002.

Citing the court rules governing the reinstatement process, she wrote: «We have chosen, however, not to make disbarment permanent for even the most serious offenses, opting instead to allow all disbarred attorneys to seek readmission and have the merits of their petitions judged on a case - by - case basis.

Some states focus on lawyers» efforts after disbarment to atone for their wrongdoing.

A group of antiwar activists is filing a series of legal ethics complaints today seeking the disbarment of 12 Bush - administration lawyers for their alleged roles in condoning torture.

[For more details and copies of the complaints, see The BLT: «Coalition Seeks Disbarment of Bush Lawyers»]

This could result in a public or private reprimand of the attorney, a suspension of the attorney's license for a period of time, or in an extreme case, disbarment.

The law society had earlier warned Amissah - Ocran to stop using Graham for real estate services after her involvement in fraudulent mortgage transactions that resulted in another lawyer's disbarment.

And at her «Trial Insider» blog, Pamela A. MacLean — who previously wrote a lengthy article about the case for California Lawyer magazine — has a post titled «Child Porn Possession Means Lawyer Disbarment in All Cases.»

A trial judge in Pearson's divorce also denied his motion seeking responses to 248 requests for admissions and ordered him to pay $ 12,000 in legal fees to VanLowe because he was «substantially responsible for «excessive driving up» of the legal costs by «threatening both wife and her lawyer with disbarment» and creating unnecessary litigation,» the appeals ruling stated.

Savone's lawyer Brian Radnoff, a partner at Lerners LLP, says his client was treated unfairly by the law society as it would not allow production of vendor and lender documents the defence considered vital to its case and yet still moved for disbarment.

Comparing him to a «child who is sorry he got caught but not sorry for the infraction,» the committee found that the lawyer had committed numerous ethics rule violations and recommended permanent disbarment.

After leaving public service, though, he operated an unlicensed bank that laundered money for drug traffickers, which resulted in disbarment and a prison sentence.

For example, federal procurement rules provide for debarment or suspension of a company from contracting with the US government upon a conviction of or a civil judgment for a number of offences, including bribery, or any offence «indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty...» [30] Moreover, federal disbarment or suspension may automatically trigger a cascade of similar consequences at the state or local, [31] and international, [32] levels, and can lead to follow - on private litigatiFor example, federal procurement rules provide for debarment or suspension of a company from contracting with the US government upon a conviction of or a civil judgment for a number of offences, including bribery, or any offence «indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty...» [30] Moreover, federal disbarment or suspension may automatically trigger a cascade of similar consequences at the state or local, [31] and international, [32] levels, and can lead to follow - on private litigatifor debarment or suspension of a company from contracting with the US government upon a conviction of or a civil judgment for a number of offences, including bribery, or any offence «indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty...» [30] Moreover, federal disbarment or suspension may automatically trigger a cascade of similar consequences at the state or local, [31] and international, [32] levels, and can lead to follow - on private litigatifor a number of offences, including bribery, or any offence «indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty...» [30] Moreover, federal disbarment or suspension may automatically trigger a cascade of similar consequences at the state or local, [31] and international, [32] levels, and can lead to follow - on private litigation.

Look to Century Law Group, LLP, to effectively advocate for fellow attorneys who face possible disbarment — from voluntary settlement conferences within a month of trial, to early neutral evaluation conferences, to accusations that you have abandoned a client.

The penalties for violations are much worse than a slap on the wrist or even a big fine — accounting infractions can lead to disbarment.

Such orders are already routine in Canadian quasi-criminal tribunal hearings (such as Law Society discipline panels where the losing licensee is ordered to pay costs for his or her own suspension or disbarment!).

First, Rule 2.1 (b) authorizes circuit discipline for «discipline, including disbarment or suspension, by another court.»

I'd like lawyers more if the penalty for knowing your client is guilty and still trying to set him free was permanent disbarment nationwide and some kind of prison sentence.

This dicta by the Supreme Court in Hardesty did not discuss the effect of SCR 4.020 (1)(d) which gives the Judicial Conduct Commission «the authority to refer any judge of the Court of Justice who, after notice and hearing is found by the Commission to be guilty of misconduct, to the KBA for possible suspension or disbarment from the practice of law.»

If the stated form of discipline includes neither a suspension nor disbarment, the matter shall not be submitted to the supreme court for approval.

Facing disbarment in California is emotional for most lawyers.

Just representing a troll should be grounds for disbarment.

Instead, he was told he had committed a very serious fraud by his CLE certification misstatement, and was therefore fired, with a recommendation that he report himself to the Attorney Disciplinary Board for possible license suspension or disbarment.