Get to know Disbarment better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like banishment or proscription.
Disbarment meaning
The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
Synonyms of Disbarment
Using Disbarment
- The main meaning on this page is: The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
- Useful related words include: banishment, proscription.
- In the example corpus, disbarment often appears in combinations such as: disbarment for, the disbarment, to disbarment.
Context around Disbarment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disbarment
- In this selection, "disbarment" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, facing, trials, faces, proceedings, proceeding and case stand out and add context to how "disbarment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also facing disbarment in georgia and and even disbarment. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disbarment" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disbarment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Disciplinary revocation is tantamount to disbarment. (6 words)
Disbarment is usually a punishment for unethical or criminal conduct. (10 words)
Prosecutors who violate these rules are subject to suspension, termination or disbarment. (12 words)
Food for thought as certain members of various bars head into a year of trials, disbarment proceedings, and potential lawsuits that attorneys representing the likes of Trump and Giuliani and Powell and Eastman and the rest of them might be asked to file. (43 words)
In the U.S. Overview Generally disbarment is imposed as a sanction for conduct indicating that an attorney is not fit to practice law, willfully disregarding the interests of a client, or engaging in fraud which impedes the administration of justice. (41 words)
The salary disbarment comes four days after the University of Bahr el Ghazal Academic Staff declared an open strike until the national Ministry of Finance and Planning pays their 11-month salary arrears. (33 words)
Isn't it disbarment for an attorney to do that to a client? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
A federal decide has already sanctioned her legal professionals for his or her efforts, however they might face suspensions and even disbarment.
Also facing disbarment in Georgia, is respected plaintiff’s attorney Lin Wood, who retired and relinquished his law license.
And among Eastman’s “three major rookie legal blunders,” Laguna Niguel attorney James V. Lacy tells us, is this testifying in the disbarment proceeding bit.
Disciplinary revocation is tantamount to disbarment.
File picture of Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog (left) when she was filing a disbarment case against Larry Gadon at IBP office in Pasig City.
Food for thought as certain members of various bars head into a year of trials, disbarment proceedings, and potential lawsuits that attorneys representing the likes of Trump and Giuliani and Powell and Eastman and the rest of them might be asked to file.
The Texan is also facing a state bar investigation, which might lead to his disbarment.
Topacio pointed out that the confidentiality rule is intended to prevent the use of disbarment proceedings as a tool to damage a lawyer’s reputation in the public sphere.
He faces disbarment for “his utter disregard for facts,” which “denigrate the legal profession,” a panel said last year.
Prosecutors who violate these rules are subject to suspension, termination or disbarment.
The Law Society of Saskatchewan has also disbarred Guo and on March 1 released its reasons, noting Guo failed to immediately report her original disbarment to the organization.
The proceedings could result in anything from dismissal of the petition to disbarment.
The salary disbarment comes four days after the University of Bahr el Ghazal Academic Staff declared an open strike until the national Ministry of Finance and Planning pays their 11-month salary arrears.
According to a Wyoming State Bar news release, the order of disbarment for Gregory L. Knudsen, who also served as the City of Torrington’s Municipal Court Judge, is effective July 15, 2019.
Isn't it disbarment for an attorney to do that to a client?
Because disbarment rules vary by area, different rules can apply depending on where a lawyer is disbarred.
Disbarment by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals followed on August 19, 1988.
Disbarment is usually a punishment for unethical or criminal conduct.
In the U.S. Overview Generally disbarment is imposed as a sanction for conduct indicating that an attorney is not fit to practice law, willfully disregarding the interests of a client, or engaging in fraud which impedes the administration of justice.
The Florida disbarment was the result of his handling of stock in the DuBoc marijuana case.
Common combinations with disbarment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- disbarment for 3×
- the disbarment 2×
- to disbarment 2×
- disbarment proceedings 2×
- of disbarment 2×
- disbarment comes 2×
- disbarment is 2×