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still_one

(92,061 posts) Fri May 31, 2019, 07:31 PM May 2019

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It seems to me the state(s) where he passed the Bar could disbarr Barr?

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It seems to me the state(s) where he passed the Bar could disbarr Barr? (Original Post) still_one May 2019 OP

The ABA does not disbar sacto95834 May 2019 #1

+1 EffieBlack May 2019 #4

Thanks, I will reword it. still_one May 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author EffieBlack May 2019 #2

You linked to Washington State Sanity Claws May 2019 #3

Thanks, and I just reworded it as such. still_one May 2019 #7

The ABA doesn't do that. It's a professional association for lawyers, not a regulatory agency. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #6

Thanks. I reworded the OP still_one May 2019 #8

Bill Clinton was disbarred from practicing law in Arkansas and was also disbarred from practicing still_one May 2019 #10

Barr intentionally misrepresented the Mueller Report to aid drumpf democratisphere May 2019 #9

Can an AG be impeached? still_one May 2019 #12

Yes. And I hope the lying bastard is impeached. democratisphere May 2019 #14

Wasn't Bill Clinton disbarred for lying about doc03 May 2019 #11

Yes, disbarred from practicing law in Arkansas, and arguing cases before the SC still_one May 2019 #13

This is what Barr submitted to Congress for his current AG nomination DonaldsRump May 2019 #15

sacto95834

(393 posts)

1. The ABA does not disbar

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:33 PM

May 2019

Lawyers are licensed by states. Debarment happens there. The ABA is just a organization that lawyers can join.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

4. +1

Reply to sacto95834 (Reply #1)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:34 PM

May 2019

still_one

(92,061 posts)

5. Thanks, I will reword it.

Reply to sacto95834 (Reply #1)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:35 PM

May 2019

Response to still_one (Original post)

EffieBlack This message was self-deleted by its author.

Sanity Claws

(21,841 posts)

3. You linked to Washington State

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:34 PM

May 2019

Not ABA.

Anyway, both are irrelevant. States admit attorneys to practice. If he is to disbarred, the state in which he is admitted to practice must disbar him.

still_one

(92,061 posts)

7. Thanks, and I just reworded it as such.

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #3)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:36 PM

May 2019

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)

6. The ABA doesn't do that. It's a professional association for lawyers, not a regulatory agency.

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:35 PM

May 2019

Each state has an agency that controls who can be licensed as a lawyer in that state, usually called something like the board of lawyer professional responsibility, and complaints about a lawyer who is licensed in that state would be submitted to that board for review and a hearing. The ultimate decision regarding whether a lawyer should be disbarred is normally the highest court of that state.

still_one

(92,061 posts)

8. Thanks. I reworded the OP

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:37 PM

May 2019

still_one

(92,061 posts)

10. Bill Clinton was disbarred from practicing law in Arkansas and was also disbarred from practicing

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #6)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:42 PM

May 2019

law before the SC

So perhaps the state(s) he is licensed to practice law in can consider it

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

9. Barr intentionally misrepresented the Mueller Report to aid drumpf

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:37 PM

May 2019

with his obstruction into the investigation of drumpf et al crimes of which there are many. Impeach, indict and lock'em all up!

still_one

(92,061 posts)

12. Can an AG be impeached?

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #9)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:45 PM

May 2019

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

14. Yes. And I hope the lying bastard is impeached.

Reply to still_one (Reply #12)

Fri May 31, 2019, 08:33 PM

May 2019

Time to stop playing nice with these f'ing rethuglicons.

https://www.newsweek.com/william-barr-impeachment-attorney-general-1411980

doc03

(35,299 posts)

11. Wasn't Bill Clinton disbarred for lying about

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:44 PM

May 2019

a b j ?

still_one

(92,061 posts)

13. Yes, disbarred from practicing law in Arkansas, and arguing cases before the SC

Reply to doc03 (Reply #11)

Fri May 31, 2019, 07:46 PM

May 2019

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)

15. This is what Barr submitted to Congress for his current AG nomination

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 09:43 PM

May 2019

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/william-barr-senate-questionnaire-public

See page 7, which indicates he has law licences from Virginia, New York, DC, and New Jersey (apparently lapsed).

Comments/complaints about a lawyer can be made to the appropriate bar/legal regulatory agencies for those jurisdictions:

New York: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/grievance/complaints.shtml
Virginia: https://www.vsb.org/site/regulation/inquiry
DC: https://www.dcbar.org/attorney-discipline/for-the-public/file-an-attorney-complaint.cfm

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