Definition of disbar
: to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
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Privacy - Terms The Florida Bar sought to disbar Roman.
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The court said that was not enough punishment and that Coulter must be disbarred.
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Schlossberg’s law office has since been flooded with negative reviews online, as well as calls for him to be disbarred.
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More than 250 letters of support were sent to the court on behalf of Mr. Weiss, who was disbarred and spent 12 months in prison, four more in a halfway house and paid $10 million in fines and forfeitures.
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That decision concerned a law Congress passed disbarring former members of the Confederate government, which was challenged by former Confederate Sen. Augustus Hill Garland.
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Freidman, a lawyer, was also disbarred earlier this month.
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Disciplinary charges or stipulations were filed in 491 cases, resulting in 129 lawyers being disbarred and another 134 being suspended.
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Gilbert has been disbarred, according to the Florida Bar discipline report, for failing to exercise proper control of Sacks as the embezzler stole $4.8 million from Gilbert's clients through the firm's trust account.
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First Known Use of disbar
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DISBAR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of disbar for English Language Learners
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: to take away the right of (a lawyer) to work in the legal profession
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of disbar
: to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of a license to practice law usually for engaging in unethical or illegal practices — compare debar
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