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Automatic Disbarment for Felony Convictions: Time to Rethink Old Rule?

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By Sarah Diane McShea [Originally published in NYPRR September 2002] For more than a century, New York has adhered to the strict rule that lawyers convicted of felony offenses should not be permitted to continue as members of the bar. A lawyer...
“Citrin” Case: Do Disbarred Lawyers Have Constitutional Rights?

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By Hal R. Lieberman [Originally published in NYPRR October 2000] In 1987, mired in debt, Nassau County attorney Peter Citrin became involved in a fraudulent mortgage scheme, devised by others, so he could generate “income” to pay off gambling...
Don’t Hire Disbarred Lawyer to Work in Your Office

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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR May 1999] In October 1998, the Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York issued an opinion strongly cautioning any lawyer before hiring a disbarred...

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