history, Gordon Caplan asked what would happen if his daughter got caught cheating on her entrance exam. While working as a lawyer, and even after being charged for fraud and out on bond, he stole more than $4 million from his clients through a variety of scams and billing for work never performed.On a phone call with the mastermind of the biggest college-admissions scam in U.S. He committed multimillion dollar fraud leading to his disbarment 2017 and he will now also spend 15 years in prison. Over a short law career spanning less that 5 years, Shant Ohanian managed to cause a lot of damage to his clients. As a truly unethical example of a lawyer, he then did not tell his clients about his disbarment and continued to string them along, including a 9/11 first responder from whom he stole almost $1 million dollars that he was supposed to receive from the Victim’s compensation plan. Vila was disbarred for his unethical and fraudulent practices in 2015 by the New York Supreme court after he was convicted of felony third-degree larceny. He did not contest the action given that he has plead guilty to defrauding clients of more than $2.7 million in a Ponzi scheme.Įx-attorney Gustavo L. He served as the co-chair for a NY Law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP until admitting that he paid a bribe to get his daughter’s test scores rigged and ensure she was admitted to college.Īllentown based lawyer Todd H Lahr was disbarred by the State attorney disciplinary office through their filing with the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court.
Gordon Caplan is a prominent corporate lawyer who was involved in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal where over fifty people have now been charged including parents, college coaches, test proctors and others. His unethical actions were serious enough for the Supreme Court of South Carolina, which rarely disbars lawyers, to come to the opinion signed by all five justices that he should be disbarred instead of suspended. Over his career he handled cases in state civil and criminal courts but due to his actions he will no longer be allowed to practice law in the state. Schnee was a Columbia lawyer who has been disbarred for multiple legal ethical violations.
These included numerous instances of ethical violations over several years and several clients establishing a consistent pattern of behavior that was not in adherence to the state bar’s ethical standards. Sanderson was a Maryland attorney until he was disbarred in 2019 for violating nine ethics rules. Ohio based lawyer Jason A Sarver was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Ohio for practicing law while under suspension as well as lying to the Supreme Court, to his clients and to disciplinary officials while they were investigating his activities. Toaston has been permanently disbarred for what one Louisiana Supreme Court justice called "appalling and abusive" misconduct. In a 38-page decision they found that he failed to provide competent representation to his clients through a litany of unethical and egregious misconduct. Toaston was a Baton Rouge attorney who had more than 24 complaints filed against him that lead to him being disbarred by the Louisiana Supreme court.
Over the years the firm has been involved in multiple case that raise questions about the professionalism, moral compass, and unethical practices of the firm as well as the founder personally.
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