Matter of Noonan

How courts have described this case

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

• stating “[i]t makes no difference whether ... the lawyer intended to return the money when he took it, it is the mere act of taking your client’s money knowing that you have no authority to do , so that requires disbarment”
• “While this Court indicated that disbarment for knowing misappropriation shall be ‘almost invariable,’ the fact is that since Wilson, it has been invariable.”
• gross negligence insufficient to warrant disbarment where attorney did not know client’s money misappropriated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).