Bar Director Proposes Stripping Larry McDougal of His Texas Bar Spokesman Role
In August or September, the board of the State Bar of Texas will discuss stripping President Larry McDougal of his spokesman duties, because of his online comments that offended many attorneys.
July 28, 2020 at 02:55 PM
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One of the most controversial proposals out of Monday's State Bar of Texas board of directors meeting would have stripped President Larry McDougal of his role as the agency's spokesman because of his online comments that have offended many Texas lawyers.
The issue lead to the bar board's first tie vote in three years, and ended with an agreement to postpone a vote until a future specially called meeting in either August or September. The delay will give the board's legal counsel a chance to review the idea and advise the board about potential legal issues.
McDougal's online comments said wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt to the polls violated a state law against electioneering. Another comment from 2015 called Black Lives Matter a "terrorist group." Another comment wrote that a female attorney was "hot" in one image but looked like a "meth head" in another. A fourth Facebook post was a photo of a police officer kneeling on a man's neck with a caption, "Justice happens before the trial."
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