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· 3/22/2011

In Re Warburgh

Citations

  • 644 F.3d 173
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5924
  • 2011 WL 1004911

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that default in disciplinary proceeding was “both an independent basis for disciplinary action and an aggravating factor”
  • stating that default in disciplinary proceeding was “both an independent basis for disciplinary action and an aggravating factor”
  • holding that attorney’s failure to 8 respond to an order to show cause why he should not be disciplined, issued 9 by this Court’s Committee on Admissions and Grievances, may be treated as 10 both an independent basis for disciplinary action and an aggravating factor
  • “[I]n most cases, when an attorney knowingly defaults in a disciplinary proceeding, and fails to show good cause or excusable neglect for the default, the resulting disciplinary measure, for that misconduct alone, should be no less than a public reprimand.”
  • granting leave to withdraw from bar; discussing relevant factors

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Judges: Cabranes, Sack, Wesley

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