Tag: disbarment
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Divided Colorado Supreme Court upholds disbarment of ex-DA Linda Stanley
The Colorado Supreme Court, by 4-2, upheld the rare disbarment of an elected district attorney on Monday, concluding disciplinary officials correctly barred Linda Stanley from practicing law as a result of her inappropriate comments to the media and her improper attempt to remove a judge from a high-profile murder case. Voters of the 11th Judicial…
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Colorado justices uphold disbarment of lawyer previously disbarred in D.C.
The state Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a lawyer recently disbarred in the District of Columbia for mishandling client funds should also be disbarred in Colorado under the concept of reciprocal discipline. In August 2022, the D.C. Court of Appeals found John F. Kennedy intentionally misappropriated his clients’ money and barred him from practicing…