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They should be disbarred. I just can't agree. To my way of thinking there are very few (if any) things that should be "career ending" the first time they happe
by mindcrime 3y ago
They should be disbarred.
I just can't agree. To my way of thinking there are very few (if any) things that should be "career ending" the first time they happen. And the main guy involved here, as I recall, has a long career with what has been a spotless record until now. I just can't see the justification for ending that career over one fuck-up.
But, again... the punishment does seem lighter than I expected. I was thinking that any fine associated with this should be enough to hurt a bit. Something like $250,000 or something. This amounts to a slap on the wrist.
Just to clarify my position here: I do think this is a major fuck-up. Like, really major. To the extent that I think the punishment should not be "career ending" it's just a reflection of my seeing "career ending" punishments as something of a "nuclear option" that should be avoided in all but the absolute most extreme cases. I guess I would say that if punishments spanned a scale from 1-10 with "10" being "disbarment" then this should probably be about an 8 or 9 in my mind.
- Ensorceled 3y agoAn officer of the court notarized that they had reviewed the imaginary citations and that those imaginary citations were material to the case. This is a gross breach of ethics and, given how easy it is to look up cases and verify them, grossly incompetent and lazy. These people should not be practicing law.