List of disbarments in the United States
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This is a list of disbarments affecting notable lawyers.
| Name | Jurisdiction | Date disbarred | Date reinstated | Reason/Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiro T. Agnew | Maryland | 1973 | — | No contest plea to bribery and tax evasion.[1] |
| James Alexander | New York | 1735 | 1737 | Retaliatory measure for defending John Peter Zenger from sedition.[2] |
| F. Lee Bailey | Florida and Massachusetts | 2001 | — | Misconduct while defending Claude Duboc.[3] Filed for reinstatement in Massachusetts in 2005, but has not yet been reinstated. |
| Tommy Burnett | Tennessee | 1990 | 2003 | Convicted of multiple felonies as a result of the Operation Rocky Top political corruption investigation.[4] |
| Thomas J. Capano | Delaware | 2001 November 15 | — | Convicted of murder.[5] |
| Laurence Canter | Tennessee | 1997 | — | In part for spamming.[6] |
| Francis E. Dec | New York | 1959 January 19 | — | Convicted of 2 counts of second-degree forgery, second-degree grand larceny, fraud or deceit by notary public.[7] |
| Marc Stuart Dreier | New York | 2009 October 8 | — | Violation of New York's insider trading statute and General Business Law[8] |
| Ed Fagan | New York | 2008 December | — | Failed to pay court fines and fees in Holocaust Case[9] |
| Ed Fagan | New Jersey | 2009 January | — | Convicted for stealing money from Holocaust survivors.[10] |
| Alger Hiss | Massachusetts | 1952 | 1975 | Convicted of perjury[11] |
| Kwame Kilpatrick | Michigan | 2008 | — | Pleaded No contest to one count of assaulting a police officer and guilty to two felony obstruction of justice charges.[12] |
| Egil Krogh | Washington | 1975 | 1980 | Convicted of conspiracy to violate civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg[13] |
| Lewis Libby | District of Columbia | 2008 March 20 | — | Convicted of four of five felony counts of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements to a grand jury and federal investigators, in United States v. Libby, pertaining to the Plame affair and related CIA leak grand jury investigation.[14] |
| Lewis Libby | Pennsylvania | 2008 December 10 | — | Reciprocal with District of Columbia.[15] |
| Marvin Mandel | Maryland | 1982 October 29 | 1989 July 6[16] | Mail fraud and racketeering.[17] |
| C. Vernon Mason | New York | 1995 | — | For price gouging, theft, and abandoning clients.[18] |
| John N. Mitchell | New York | 1975 July 3 | — | Perjury[19] |
| Michael D. Murphy | Texas, Louisiana | 1984, 1985 | — | [20][21] |
| Mike Nifong | North Carolina | 2007 | — | For prosecutorial misconduct while prosecuting the Duke lacrosse case.[22] |
| Richard Nixon | New York | 1976 August 9 | — | For obstruction of justice related to Watergate.[23] |
| Fred Phelps | Kansas | 1979 July 20 | — | For conduct during his lawsuit against court reporter Carolene Brady.[24] |
| Fred Phelps | United States federal courts | 1989 (ceased practicing) | — | Already excluded from Kansas state courts by his disbarment, Phelps agreed to cease practicing in federal courts as part of the settlement for a 1985 disciplinary complaint by nine federal judges.[25] |
| Thomas Porteous | Louisiana | 2011 January | — | Voluntarily surrendered his state law license after being impeached by the US Senate on 8 December 2010.[26] |
| Mitch Skandalakis | Georgia | 2005 | — | Convicted of making a false statement to an FBI investigator.[27] |
| Joel Steinberg | New York | 1987 | — | First Degree Manslaughter[28] |
| Lynne Stewart | New York | 2005 | — | Convicted in Federal Court of aiding terrorists and defrauding the U.S. government.[29] |
| Jack Thompson | Florida | 2008 | — | Found guilty of 27 counts of professional misconduct, including verbal harassment and intimidation[30][31] |
[edit] References
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- ^ http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/keyfigures.html
- ^ "IN THE MATTER OF F. LEE BAILEY.". April 11, 2003. http://www.mass.gov/obcbbo/8764.htm. Retrieved April 25, 2009. "On November 21, 2001, the Supreme Court of Florida disbarred attorney F. Lee Bailey for "multiple counts of egregious misconduct, including offering false testimony, engaging in ex parte communications, violating a client's confidences, violating two federal court orders, and trust account violations, including commingling and misappropriation." Florida Bar v. Bailey, 803 So. 2d 683, 694 (Fla. 2001), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1056 (2002) (Bailey). [...] On March 7, 2002, a single justice of this court entered a judgment of disbarment, from which Bailey now appeals. [...] We agree [with the Supreme Court of Florida]. We therefore affirm the judgment of the single justice. So ordered."
- ^ Kerr, Gail (September 17, 2009). "Tommy Burnett, former TN legislator, dies at 67". The Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090917/OBITS/90917008/-1/RSS05. Retrieved September 18, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "IN THE MATTER OF ... THOMAS J. CAPANO" (PDF). SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. November 15, 2001. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/delawarestatecases/547-2001.pdf. Retrieved April 25, 2009. "Thomas J. Capano is hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law in Delaware. His name shall be stricken immediately from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice before the Courts of this State."
- ^ http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1997/07/5060
- ^ See NYSCOA 1961 (primary source), "Order of Affirmance of the Court of Appeals", at Francis E. Dec.
- ^ "Matter of Dreier". New York State Law Reporting Bureau. http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2009/2009_07209.htm. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ Noeleen G. Walder. Lawyer Disbarred for Failing to Pay Sanctions, Fees in Holocaust Case. New York Law Journal. December 12, 2008. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202426698941
- ^ Koloff, Abbott. NJ: Disbar ex-Parsippany lawyer for stealing from Holocaust survivors. Daily Record. January 22, 2009
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- ^ http://detnews.com/article/20090121/METRO01/901210365/0/special/Kilpatrick-to-remain-disbarred
- ^ Washington State Supreme Court (1975). "In the Matter of the Disciplinary Proceeding Against EGIL KROGH, JR., an Attorney at Law, 85 Wn.2d 462". MRSC.org. http://www.mrsc.org/mc/courts/supreme/085wn2d/085wn2d0462.htm#085wn2d0462. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
- ^ "Cheney's former chief of staff disbarred from practicing law in U.S. capital". CNN. http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/20/cheneys-former-chief-of-staff-disbarred-from-practicing-law-in-us-capital/. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ "Attorney ID: 23330 Libby, I. Lewis Jr.". Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. http://www.padisciplinaryboard.org/pa_attorney_public.php?id=23330&attname=Libby%2C+I.+Lewis+Jr.&violations=0. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ^ Barringer, Felicity (July 28, 1989). "THE LAW; When Good Standing Has Different Meanings". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/28/us/the-law-when-good-standing-has-different-meanings.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ^ "Around the nation". The New York Times. October 29, 1982. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/29/us/around-the-nation-254971.html. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ^ James, George (January 27, 1995). "State Appellate Court Disbars An Advocate of Civil Rights". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DF113BF934A15752C0A963958260. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
- ^ "John Mitchell disbarred". Boca Raton News. July 4, 1975. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=os4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7owDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4482,373908&dq=disbarred&hl=en. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ Erik Holmes (2006). "Senior Air Force JAG relieved of command". Air Force Times. http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2406397.php. Retrieved December 8, 2006.
- ^ "Texas State Bar Member Record for Michael D. Murphy". Texas State Bar Association. 2006. http://www.texasbar.com/Template.cfm?Section=Member_Directory&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=225902. Retrieved December 8, 2006.[dead link]
- ^ State Bar verdict on Nifong
- ^ Morris, Jeffrey Brandon (1997). Martin, George Whitney. Making sure we are true to our founders: Fordham University Press.
- ^ State v. Phelps, 226 Kan. 371, 598 P.2d 180 (Kan. 1979) (Kansas Supreme Court opinion)
- ^ Southern Poverty Law Center, Fred Phelps timeline
- ^ http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/thomas_porteous_impeached_fede.html
- ^ http://new.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=135780
- ^ Shipp, E. R. (May 20, 1988). "Steinberg Disbarred Over Law Exam Exemption". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/20/us/steinberg-disbarred-over-law-exam-exemption.html. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ^ http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=1177405474388
- ^ Order, The Florida Bar v. Thompson, Nos. SC07-80, SC07-354 (Fla. Sept. 25, 2008)
- ^ Fahey, Mike (September 25, 2008). "Jack Thompson Disbarred". Kotaku. http://kotaku.com/5054772/jack-thompson-disbarred. Retrieved September 25, 2008.
