Sentences with word «disbarred»

A California court has considered whether a court properly denied a real estate license to a disbarred attorney.

It does not matter that he is disbarred or retired now.

Any REALTOR who acts as you claim should be charged, stripped of their license and disbarred (if we could do so).

August 2004 — The Law Society of British Columbia approves more than $ 18 million in compensation for those who lost money because of real estate and mortgage fund misappropriation by a now - disbarred lawyer.

Disbarred attorneys?

The lawyer who did DD's adoption should be disbarred.

While most lawyers caught stealing from their clients are reprimanded, suspended or disbarred by the profession's regulator, the vast majority avoid criminal charges, a Star investigation reveals.

Long since deposed from his powerful position as speaker of the New York State Assembly, convicted felon Sheldon Silver was finally disbarred this week by a state appeals court... → Read More: Now Officially Disbarred, Length of Prison Sentence Only Outstanding Question for Convicted Felon Silver

«I truly believe there are two laws — a set of rules and regulations for lawyers and a different set for everyone else,» said Richard Bikowski, who was fleeced out of $ 87,500 by now - disbarred Toronto lawyer Lawrence Burns.

Both majority and minority decided that Mr. McSween had to resign or he'd be disbarred.

He insists in - house lawyers have an overriding responsibility to the legal profession first and points to disbarred lawyers as examples of those who lost track of the legal obligation in - house counsel carry.

: Orangeville lawyer disbarred by Law Society over misappropriations Orangeville Citizen: Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details...

And by the way Clinton got disbarred.

I haven't been disbarred or kicked out of the partnership while at a concert or on a hike.

In Kopyto's case, the good - character proceedings have been going on since 2009 after the disbarred lawyer applied for a licence to practise as a paralegal.

In 2007, the law society disbarred him, claiming he had inappropriately taken money from clients while failing to provide promised work (the amounts of money in question were small, ranging from $ 535 to $ 4,000).

Richard Maltz of our Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility Group helped reinstate a previously disbarred lawyer.

How «bout some legislation that says if you file more than 3 frivolous lawsuits in a 5 yr period, you're disbarred?

I also remember when you sold your pal Grant Griffiths as a lawyer even though you knew he was disbarred for raiding an infant's trust.

A suspended or disbarred lawyer has already had his right to practice law taken from him as punishment, perhaps only for being poor.

«Storied Plaintiffs Lawyer Disbarred in Kentucky Over Excessive Fees,» National Law Journal, March 21, 2013.

White collar crimes punishable by law include misappropriations as noted above, yet very few lawyers who are disbarred for money embezzlement are also criminally charged.

So how is it that lawyers who are disciplined, suspended, and even disbarred by their profession, manage to avoid criminal charges?

A barrister is to be disbarred for dishonest conduct following convictions for a range of fraud offences amounting to about # 900,000.

I don't, but I don't think that those who do should be, for example, disbarred for violating their oath.

To be disbarred at your age would be a great tragedy.»

Have you ever been disciplined, suspended, or disbarred by any ethics committee or state bar association?

Summary: A former Skadden Arps partner convicted of child pornography has been disbarred by the New York Appellate Division.

(d) A lawyer who is not admitted to practice in this jurisdiction, but is admitted in another United States jurisdiction, or in a foreign jurisdiction, and not disbarred or suspended from practice in any jurisdiction, may provide legal services in this jurisdiction if:

An attorney can be fined for filing a frivolous lawsuit, and can even be disbarred for repeatedly filing frivolous lawsuits.

(c) A lawyer who is not admitted to practice in this jurisdiction, but is admitted in another United States jurisdiction, and not disbarred or suspended from practice in any jurisdiction, may provide legal services on a temporary basis in this jurisdiction that:

[5] There are occasions in which a lawyer admitted to practice in another United States jurisdiction, and not disbarred or suspended from practice in any jurisdiction, may provide legal services on a temporary basis in this jurisdiction under circumstances that do not create an unreasonable risk to the interests of his or her clients, the public or the courts.

They used to be lawyers and they couldn't cut it or they were disbarred.

Summary: The former Bryan Cave attorney convicted of trying to help cheat lenders in a fraudulent scheme was disbarred.

Summary: After admitting to misconduct regarding a scheme to get loan modifications for struggling homeowners, the state of New York has disbarred...

Summary: Disbarred attorney Domenick Crispino was sentenced to 11 to 22 years in prison for numerous real estate schemes that profited over...

The fear that no one will hire them or they will be disbarred if it's discovered paralyzes many and keeps them from getting help.

There is likely little comfort in the fact that Artin's claims against the disbarred wrongdoer, Levintoff, are compelling.

(c) A lawyer admitted in another United States jurisdiction, and not disbarred or suspended from practice in any jurisdiction, may provide legal services on a temporary basis in this jurisdiction that:

He says if he operated like LegalZoom, he would be disbarred.

Hence, the students are questioning, what do you have to do to be disbarred?

This means a lawyer can be investigated, suspended, and possibly disbarred for failing to meet a basic reasonable - competency standard as viewed by their peers.

In fact, of the $ 2.65 million the board awarded last year, four disbarred lawyers accounted for 75 percent of the total and just one had awards to his former clients of some $ 1.18 million.

Despite his brave but bumbling efforts to defend himself (while in costume), Dennis Hawver was disbarred by the Kansas Supreme Court for «inexplicable incompetence» during a 2005 capital murder trial.

While the LSUC has a disciplinary role and administrative one such that I can be suspended for nonpayment of fees eg or misconduct or disbarred, is there a «licence» to be suspended?

Inglimo was apparently licensed in Minnesota, where he was also disbarred for three years.

(d) A lawyer admitted in another United States jurisdiction or in a foreign jurisdiction, and not disbarred or suspended from practice in any jurisdiction or the equivalent thereof, or a person otherwise lawfully practicing as an in - house counsel under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, may provide legal services through an office or other systematic and continuous presence in this jurisdiction that:

Fourth place goes to the Louisiana lawyer who was disbarred for robbing a bank.

I award the top spot to Massachusetts lawyer Raymond A. Desautels III, the now - disbarred lawyer whose Web site once boasted that he was «a lawyer you can trust.»

So why is it that as a lawyer, I have to deal with everyone with courtesy and good faith, but the moment I become a politician, I can lie, misquote, malign, fabricate, and act in a way that would get me disbarred if I were acting just as a lawyer?