Word: disbarred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Clark committee proposed various remedies-including automatic suspension while disbarment proceedings are pending against lawyers convicted of serious crimes, a requirement that permanent records of those proceedings be kept and that disciplinary actions be publicized. As a national organization, the A.B.A. does not actually disbar any lawyer; state and local bars generally seek such action by state courts. But the A.B.A. has strong influence, and in the past three years many states have begun to heed the Clark suggestions...
Smith said that he often received letters asking why he didn't disbar Richard Nixon. He replied, "Every once in a while I'd like to write 'em back and say 'I think I will...