disbarment
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Disbarment is a rare result for an attorney’s first offense, but in a statement, the bar’s top prosecutor, Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona, said Spolin’s conduct warranted it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025
Disbarment by the Supreme Court usually occurs after another court or state bar issues punishment against a lawyer.
From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2022
Disbarment appears to be the strongest possible punishment.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2011
Disbarment is not common: painful and shocking as is the impeachment of a judge, the disbarment of a prominent corporation lawyer is almost as exceptional.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Disbarment cannot be decreed by the legislative department.
From The American Judiciary by Baldwin, Simeon E., LLD