disbar
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“His unethical actions have had real, lasting consequences for our democracy, and we applaud the California Supreme Court’s decision to disbar him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
While no further proceedings occurred in New York to permanently disbar Giuliani, the D.C.
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
In the course of his opinion for the Court, Justice Field discussed generally the power to admit and disbar attorneys.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of wire fraud last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
Criminal lawyer Anu Mohindru was disbarred by the Barristers' Tribunal Service when it determined he fabricated his CV while applying for a senior job.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
The panel could recommend disbarring him, suspending his D.C. law license or formally censuring him.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022
Air Force’s suspending and disbarring official is monitoring Booz Allen’s handling of the Snowden” case, Dorrian said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2013
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 Wilson, Harry Leon
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