Ligon v. Newman

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• holding, in a disbarment proceeding, that the issue of whether the attorney’s misconduct was a violation of Rule 8.4(c
• holding, in a disbarment proceeding, that the issue of whether the attorney's misconduct was a violation of Rule 8.4(c
• upholding the preponderance-of-evidence standard and rejecting the lawyer’s assertion that the appropriate standard of proof should be clear-and-convincing evidence
• disbarment appropriate where evidence showed a pattern of abuse involving the misappropriation of funds as well as deceit, dishonesty, and misrepresentation
• disbarment appropriate where evidence showed a pattern of abuse involving the misappropriation of funds as well as deceit, dishonesty, and misrepresentation

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