John Gibeaut reports at the ABA Journal that the role of the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility has descended to a level equivalent to that of a ‘Roach Motel’ and how, as a result, judges are beginning to take the discipline of unethical attorneys into their own hands. In his lengthy article, Mr. [...]
Filed under: General Post | Tagged: ABA Journal, John Gibeaut, Mark L. Wolf, Office of Professional Responsibility | 2 Comments »
Justin Blum at Bloomberg (h/t Zachary Roth at TPMMuckraker) reports that state bar complaints have been filed against twelve Bush administration lawyers involved in the authorization and sanctioning of torture by the United States of America, including two attorneys, Alberto Gonzales and John Yoo, whose disbarments I have long been advocating. [A complete [...]
Filed under: Alberto Gonzales, General Post, John Yoo | Tagged: Alberto Gonzales, Alice Fisher, Bloomberg, California, CNN, David Addington, District of Columbia, Douglas Feith, George W. Bush, Human Rights Watch, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Yoo, Justin Blum, Kevin Zeese, Michael Chertoff, Michael Mukasey, New York, New York Times, Office of Professional Responsibility, OPR, Pennsylvania, Scott Shane, Stephen Bradbury, Texas, Timothy Flanigan, torture, TPMMuckraker, UPI, Velvet Revolution, VotersForPeace, Washington D.C., William Haynes, Zachary Roth | 10 Comments »
Updated March 10, 2009 to reflect Mr. Sampson’s leave of absence from Hunton & Williams.
Cross-posted at the Oxdown Gazette, Firedoglake’s new diary blog.
My third e-mail to Ms. Field:
Andrea Bear Field
DC Office Managing Partner
Hunton & Williams
cc: Kyle D. Sampson , Partner
Hunton & Williams
Dear Ms. Field,
On behalf of The Grievance Project, I would appreciate Hunton & Williams’s [...]
Filed under: Alberto Gonzales, General Post, Harriet E. Miers, Kyle D. Sampson, The Grievance Project | Tagged: Alberto Gonzales, Andrea Bear Field, Balkinization, Bud Cummins, Chris Oprison, David Iglesias, Dianne Feinstein, Grievance Project, Harriet Miers, Hunton & Williams, Karl Rove, Kevin Ryan, Kyle Sampson, Marty Lederman, Monica Goodling, Nora Dannehy, Office of Professional Responsibility, Office of the Inspector Generals, Patrick Leahy, Paul McNulty, Richard Hertling, Rules of Professional Conduct, Special Prosecutor, Timothy Griffin, Utah, Washington D.C., William Moschella | 1 Comment »
In my e-mail to George J. Terwilliger III, I offered Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Terwilliger the opportunity to respond to my allegations that Mr. Gonzales has engaged in conduct which brings into question his fitness to practice law. Mr. Terwilliger has taken the opportunity to reply to my post:*
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “The [...]
Filed under: Alberto Gonzales, General Post | Tagged: Alberto Gonzales, Department of Justice, George J. Terwilliger III, Office of Professional Responsibility, Office of the Inspector Generals, Robert H. Bork Jr. | Leave a Comment »
On July 7, 2008, CREW filed a complaint against Michael J. Elston with the Virginia Bar for his role in the illegal politicization of hiring practices at the Department of Justice. However, CREW did not file a complaint with the Illinois, Kansas or Missouri Bars, jurisdictions in which Mr. Elston is also admitted, as [...]
Filed under: Attorney Grievance Applications, Michael J. Elston | Tagged: Amy Goldstein, Bud Cummins, Carol Lam, CREW, Dan Eggen, Department of Justice, Grievance, Illinois, John Conyers, John McKay, Kansas, Lara Jakes Jordan, McGuire Woods LLP, Michael J. Elston, Missouri, Murray Waas, National Journal, Newsweek, Office of Professional Responsibility, Office of the Inspector General, Patrick Leahy, Paul Charlton, Paul Kiel, Paul McNulty, Professional Misconduct, Rules of Professional Conduct, TPMMuckraker, Virginia, Washington Post | 4 Comments »
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