Corpus Christi’s Thirteenth Court of Appeals has reversed the disbarment of a McAllen lawyer, ruling it was wrong to allow a federal judge to testify in a disciplinary case that the attorney had displayed a pattern of “omission, obfuscation and noncompliance” during bankruptcy proceedings.

The State Bar of Texas’ Commission for Lawyer Discipline brought a disciplinary action against McAllen attorney Mark A. Cantu III, alleging he committed professional misconduct by failing to disclose significant assets in bankruptcy filings, failing to turn over assets belonging to the bankruptcy estate and making material false oaths during his bankruptcy proceedings.

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