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86-Year-Old Lawyer Gets Away with Groping Multiple Clients Despite Clear Video Evidence

Dan K. Purdy, an 86-year-old Missouri lawyer, has been indefinitely suspended for groping five clients and touching another client's buttocks.…

Former Bryan Cave Attorney Harvey Newkirk Disbarred

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

California Lawyer Disbarred for Misappropriating $65,000

Summary: A Pasadena-based family law attorney was disbarred in January for misappropriating funds.  This year, a California lawyer was disbarred…

Florida Attorney Caught Bringing Loaded Gun to Courthouse

Summary: A Florida attorney was discovered with a loaded gun in his backpack as he entered the courthouse to attend…

California Lawyer Has Over 1,100 Bar Complaints

Summary: After being placed on interim suspension because of an underage sex scandal, an Orange County-based lawyer accrued over a…

Judge Recommends Disbarment of Three Attorneys in DUI Scandal

Summary: Three attorneys may face disbarment for their roles in having an opposing attorney arrested for DUI while they battled…

Attorney Disbarred Due to “Inexplicable Incompetence”

Summary: A Kansas attorney was disbarred when he essentially sabotaged his client’s capital murder trial. Everyone enjoys a “crazy lawyer”…

Stan Chesley Disbarred for Involvement in Cheating Clients

How discouraging when a rockstar career ends on a sour note. The "master of disaster" Stan Chesley, who has won…

Myrl Serra Disbarred For A Felony And Misdemenor Harassment Charges

An accusation of sexual harassment arose from a women in the office of former Colorado district attorney, Myrl Serra. Initially,…

Disbarred Attorney Caught in Madoff Web

A former lawyer, who was disbarred in the 1980s taking client escrow funds, has been charged with defrauding investors of…

Jack Thompson Hopes SCOTUS Will Save His Legal Career; Has One Vote So Far (Guess Whose?)

From GamePolitics, the best place to follow the ongoing saga of batcrap-crazy ex-lawyer Jack Thompson: Jack Thompson is hoping that…

Pedophile Lawyer Suspended for 3 Years

An associate who was fired from Kirkland & Ellis in 2004, after admitting he attempted to arrange a meeting "to…