Tag: disbarred

Rudy Giuliani officially disbarred in New York

Rudy Giuliani, the former prosecutor, New York mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump, has been disbarred from practicing law in New York over bigoted lies claiming election fraud denied Trump a rightful victory in 2020. The decision was made by the New York appeals court in Manhattan. According to the filing, the court determined Giuliani […]

D.C. ethics board recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred

The D.C. Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility on Friday recommended that Rudy Giuliani be barred from practicing law in the nation’s capital. In its report, the board cited Giuliani’s work in Pennsylvania following the 2020 presidential election in which he sought to have the state’s election results thrown out in favor of his former client […]

Trump 2020 Lawyer Officially Disbarred

It’s official: John Eastman, Trump’s former lawyer, can no longer practice law in the state of California, pending his appeal through California’s courts. As of Tuesday, Eastman is listed as “not eligible to practice law” on the State Bar of California’s website. The move comes three days after State Bar Court of California Judge Yvette […]

Judge recommends John Eastman be disbarred in California

A judge recommended Wednesday that John Eastman, a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, be disbarred in California. “In view of the circumstances surrounding Eastman’s misconduct and balancing the aggravation and mitigation, the court recommends that Eastman be disbarred,” wrote Judge Yvette D. Roland of the State Bar Court’s Hearing Department […]

Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules

By David Thomas (Reuters) – A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman, a former personal lawyer to Trump who is now his co-defendant in the Georgia […]

Hamilton attorney disbarred after criminal conviction for stealing from clients

Feb. 20—Longtime Hamilton attorney Dennis Lee Adams has been disbarred by the Ohio Supreme Court for misuse of clients’ settlement funds after last year’s local criminal court conviction for stealing from clients. In the high court’s opinion released Tuesday — the culmination of a probe begun by the Board of Professional Conduct in 2022 — […]

Madison County lawyer permanently disbarred after 13 complaints, previous violations

Madison County lawyer Angela Joy Hopson, 45, was disbarred permanently on Friday on 13 separate complaints concerning several professional conduct violations. Hopson was ordered to pay $35,234 to eight individuals in restitution, according to a report from the Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR). Per the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC), Hopson […]