Ex-AG Eric Schneiderman, Who Resigned in 2018 Amid Abuse Scandal, Has Law License Suspended
The Appellate Division, First Department's opinion Tuesday, while laying out stipulated facts, said that "during a romantic encounter in August 2016, [Schneiderman] slapped an unidentified attorney twice."
April 27, 2021 at 06:32 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
A state appeals court on Tuesday suspended ex-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's law license for one year, citing mitigating factors and writing that the parties involved found no other disciplinary case on point.
But the Appellate Division, First Department also laid out facts that described Schneiderman slapping girlfriends, putting his hands around their necks and pressing, and otherwise physically and emotionally abusing them.
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