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disbar

[dis-bahr] / dɪsˈbɑr /




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The bill introduced by Zbur would disbar any attorney who is convicted of illegally soliciting clients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

In addition to courts penalizing attorneys for inappropriate filings, bar association disciplinary authorities in multiple states have initiated proceedings to suspend or disbar those attorneys from practicing law in their jurisdictions.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2024

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

"I'll disbar that man if it's the last act of my life!"

From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White

He worked as a lawyer in Texas before he was disbarred following his conviction in 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

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

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

Officials at the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England would explore introducing a disbarring service, he said, something previously seen as unnecessary following reviews of NHS management.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2023

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

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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