Benchmarks: Class action king Stan Chesley disbarred by Ky. top court 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 22, 2013
Tags: disbarment, fen-phen, Rules of Professional Conduct
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” fee from a $200 million fen-phen settlement.
Lawyer can’t sue U.S. over disbarment
Published: February 27, 2013
Tags: disbarment, Tucker Act
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 Appeals has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Attorney’s drinking leads to disbarment
Published: February 21, 2013
Tags: attorney discipline, censure, disbarment, drunken driving
Repeated arrests for drunken driving and other “outrageous behavior” must result in an attorney’s disbarment, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled.
Lawyer can’t avoid disbarment for lesser sanction
Published: December 19, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, disbarment
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 reversing judgment.
In-house counsel gets permanent double disbarment
Published: December 4, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, disbarment, ethics, in-house counsel, legal ethics, professional responsibility, unauthorized practice of law, Verizon, WorldCom
A lawyer who continued to work as an in-house attorney after he had been disbarred has now been permanently disbarred.
Lawyer’s tax evasion results in disbarment
Published: November 27, 2012
Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, attorney discipline, disbarment, ethics, legal ethics, professional responsibility, Sanctions, tax evasion
Disbarment is the presumptive discipline for a lawyer who engages in tax evasion, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.
Lawyer faces disbarment for using ‘Esq.’ while suspended
Published: November 7, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, disbarment
A California disciplinary panel has recommended disbarment for a lawyer who allegedly held himself out as entitled to practice law while under suspension.
Disbarred lawyer sentenced on new criminal charges
Published: November 5, 2012
Tags: attorney fraud, custody, disbarment, forgery, Georgia, identity theft, theft by conversion
A lawyer in Georgia who had already been disbarred for inventing hearing dates in a custody case is in more hot water.
Can state disbar a DA for former drug addictiction?
Published: October 25, 2012
Tags: civil rights, conspiracy, defamation, disbarment, drug addiction, emotional distress, ethics, methamphetamine
A district attorney in California claims the state bar has violated his civil rights by trying to disbar him for being a former drug addict.
PI lawyer disbarred over settlement improprieties
Published: October 1, 2012
Tags: attorney discipline, attorney fees, disbarment
A personal injury attorney must be disbarred after he allegedly made settlement demands without authorization, threatened his clients and lied under oath before a fee arbitration panel, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled.
