Andrew Thomas Disbarred, but Only Because His Prosecutorial Abuse Was Against Elected Officials
The good news: Andrew Thomas was disbarred, a fate he richly deserved for his amazing prosecutorial abuses, for example bringing fake RICO and bribery charges against a judge to force him to recuse himself from another case in which he was likely to rule against Thomas. Some of my many articles on Thomas are .
But here is what depresses me: I believe he was disbarred only because his prosecutorial over-reach and abuse was aimed at public officials. Similar or worse abuses against private parties are seldom if ever punished. This is lawyers and public officials defending their own. When I see this much concern aimed at abuses of private individuals, I will be more likely to cheer.
Update: I am a terrible editor, but I am sure I did not type "Proprietorial" rather than "Prosecutorial" in the original title. I think I have some kind of weird auto-correct problem going on. Though until now I did not know "proprietorial" was a word.
Chris:
Matt Brown a lawyer her in Chandler made a similar comment on his blog as well.
http://brownandlittlelaw.com/2012/04/11/andrew-thomass-disbarment/
I agree.
April 12, 2012, 11:30 amMJ:
In this case, I'll take a glass half full over an empty one, no questions asked.
April 12, 2012, 2:06 pmIGotBupkis, Channeler of the Intellectual Giants of the Left:
>>> Though until now I did not know “proprietorial” was a word.
Well, now you know it for posteriority. 8^D
April 12, 2012, 4:29 pm