In Re Comfort

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• holding that disciplining an attorney for publication of a demand letter did not violate the First Amendment
• applying relaxed vagueness standard for business regulation in lawyer disciplinary proceeding resulting in public censure
• denying vagueness and overbreadth challenges to attorney disciplinary provisions that used words with commonly understood meanings and that regulated conduct, not speech
• “A lawyer’s right to free speech is tempered by his or her obligation to both the courts and the bar, an obligation ordinary citizens do not undertake.”
• every potentially applicable ABA Standard need not be discussed by hearing panel or court; ABA Standards serve only as guidelines to assist courts in selecting appropriate and uniform discipline
• every potentially applicable ABA Standard need not be discussed by hearing panel or court; ABA Standards serve only as guidelines to assist courts in selecting appropriate and uniform discipline

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