'No Exception': Lawyers Ask DC Ethics Board to Force Review of Barr Complaint
"Gross misconduct by members of the bar—be they private attorneys or the Attorney General of the United States—seriously stains the reputation of the legal profession with the general public, and also, no doubt, tempts other lawyers to skirt ethical boundaries," the attorneys wrote.
June 18, 2021 at 09:54 AM
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GovernmentThe original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
The signatories of an ethics complaint against former Attorney General William Barr are urging a top D.C. Bar ethics official to overrule a decision by disciplinary counsel to not pursue their complaint, warning that not doing so could effectively provide immunity to lawyers working on national political issues, even if their conduct may violate ethics rules.
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