disbarred; disbarring; disbars
: to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
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Or, would legal warrior Cohn sit in the lawyer section, which might be broken down into the disbarred (Paul Manafort, Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, et al), and the in good standing?
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Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been permanently disbarred from practicing law in the District of Columbia, a court of appeals panel ruled Thursday.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Washington — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who represented former President Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, has been disbarred from practicing law in the District of Columbia, a local appeals court ruled Thursday.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
Girardi has already been disbarred from practicing as a lawyer in California.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
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Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been permanently disbarred from practicing law in the District of Columbia, a court of appeals panel ruled Thursday.
—Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Washington — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who represented former President Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, has been disbarred from practicing law in the District of Columbia, a local appeals court ruled Thursday.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
Girardi has already been disbarred from practicing as a lawyer in California.
—Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
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disbar
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dis·bar
dis-ˈbär 
disbarred; disbarring
: to deprive (a lawyer) of the right to work in the legal profession
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