Attorney Grievance Commission v. Childress

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “It is also clear that a criminal conviction is not a condition precedent for disciplinary proceedings.”
• professional misconduct is not limited to conduct within the course of the attorney-client relationship
• professional misconduct is not limited to conduct within the course of the attorney-client relationship
• case was remanded, but the court noted that conduct which is likely to impair public confidence in the profession, impacts the image of the legal profession and engenders disrespect for the Court is conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• case was remanded, but the court noted that conduct which is likely to impair public confidence in the profession, impacts the image of the legal profession and engenders disrespect for the Court is conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• “[A] lawyer, upon admission to the Bar, accepts and agrees to be held to a higher standard of rules of conduct that are significantly more stringent than the requirements of law held to society at large.... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).