Post by Logan on Jan 20, 2016 20:18:28 GMT -6
Misconduct board argues AG Kane's law license should remain suspended
HARRISBURG — The office that investigates misconduct by lawyers is arguing that Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane waited too long to complain about state Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin’s participation with four other justices in suspending Ms. Kane’s law license last fall.
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel filed an 18-page response Wednesday, saying justices should deny Ms. Kane’s request that her suspension be lifted over Justice Eakin’s role.
The high court voted unanimously in September to suspend Ms. Kane, who’d just been charged with criminal violations for allegedly leaking secret grand jury material and lying about it under oath.
Ms. Kane subsequently released emails to and from Justice Eakin that prompted pending ethics charges and his suspension from the bench.
Continued at www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2016/01/20/Board-argues-AG-Kane-s-law-license-should-remain-suspended/stories/201601200241 .
HARRISBURG — The office that investigates misconduct by lawyers is arguing that Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane waited too long to complain about state Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin’s participation with four other justices in suspending Ms. Kane’s law license last fall.
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel filed an 18-page response Wednesday, saying justices should deny Ms. Kane’s request that her suspension be lifted over Justice Eakin’s role.
The high court voted unanimously in September to suspend Ms. Kane, who’d just been charged with criminal violations for allegedly leaking secret grand jury material and lying about it under oath.
Ms. Kane subsequently released emails to and from Justice Eakin that prompted pending ethics charges and his suspension from the bench.
Continued at www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2016/01/20/Board-argues-AG-Kane-s-law-license-should-remain-suspended/stories/201601200241 .