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His Brother’s Grievance Leads to an Oklahoma Lawyer’s Disbarment
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Downtown Oklahoma City, Okla., is seen from the air. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images An Oklahoma lawyer who, as personal representative of his father’s estate, misappropriated more than $1 million from it and also failed to pay estate taxes for several years, was disbarred by the state’s highest court.“Respondent’s misconduct is disturbing,” the Oklahoma Supreme Court said in a March 24 ruling. “It is our difficult duty to withdraw a license to practice law, but we shall if necessary...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Downtown Oklahoma City, Okla., is seen from the air. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images An Oklahoma lawyer who, as personal representative of his father’s estate, misappropriated more than $1 million from it and also failed to pay estate taxes for several years, was disbarred by the state’s highest court.“Respondent’s misconduct is disturbing,” the Oklahoma Supreme Court said in a March 24 ruling. “It is our difficult duty to withdraw a license to practice law, but we shall if necessary...WW…
DC Lawyer Gets Suspended in New York for Forging Signatures
Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images A Washington lawyer who was suspended for 60 days by a Virginia court for forging three signatures was given the same sanction by a New York State appeals court, retroactive to the date of the 2018 Virginia suspension. Based on the Virginia Bar disciplinary board’s finding and “our deference in reciprocal discipline cases to the discipline imposed by the first jurisdiction,” a 60-day suspension is warranted, the Supreme Court of New York,...…Free Newsletter Sign Up Login Log in to access all of your BLAW products Single Sign-On Free Newsletter Sign Up Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images A Washington lawyer who was suspended for 60 days by a Virginia court for forging three signatures was given the same sanction by a New York State appeals court, retroactive to the date of the 2018 Virginia suspension. Based on the Virginia Bar disciplinary board’s finding and “our deference in reciprocal discipline cases to the discipline imposed by the first jurisdiction,” a 60-day suspension is warranted, the Supreme Court of New York,...WW…
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