disbar
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State Bar prosecutors moved Friday to disbar David Lira, Girardi’s son-in-law, and another former employee, Keith Griffin, for alleged misappropriation of client funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
That is why the report and recommendation to disbar Giuliani matters.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
Officials in Georgia had been weighing whether to disbar Wood over his efforts, holding a disciplinary trial earlier this year.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
“The plan was to disbar me so I wouldn’t be relevant, and that by and large happened,” he says.
From The Verge ● Mar. 10, 2022
Already he had started proceedings to disbar Kahn, as well as to prosecute him in the courts.
From The Ear in the Wall by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Capitol also are among those “indicted, prosecuted, disbarred and/or jailed,” Kimball wrote.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
He has since been disbarred in New York and Washington.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
He was disbarred as a lawyer in Washington DC and New York.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
One plaintiff, a former Arkansas attorney, was serving a 15-year prison sentence for federal tax evasion; a second, an Illinois lawyer, had been disbarred for sending threatening emails.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
They’d have him disbarred; Bud Gleason would no doubt see that Hirsshorn foreclosed on his house.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
These associations are used to disbarring people who, say, defrauded their clients or were utterly incompetent in court over and over again, et cetera.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2025
Siarhej Zikratski, a lawyer for Znak, lost his license in March after appearing before a panel established by the justice ministry to vet aspiring lawyers that can rule on disbarring existing ones.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2021
But she could also go further — assessing additional monetary penalties or recommending grievance proceedings be opened that could result in banning the attorneys from practicing in Michigan or disbarring them altogether.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2021
And the same shortcomings are disbarring the country from attracting large-scale investments in renewables.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2015
Besides, there had been talk of disbarring him from the practice of his profession, and I, as a lawyer, had been urged to instigate that proceeding.
From The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson
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