Unrequited Love

A petition for reinstatement was rejected  by the Mississippi Supreme Court despite the support of the Bar. The petitioner had been suspended for three consecutive 18 month periods. He had moved to Texas and provided testimony as to his moral redemption and rediscovery of his love for the law. The court wasn’t buying: the petitioner’s “actions contradict his words by his unwillingness to be forthright.” The court also had some pointed criticism for its own regulatory regime: it is “obvious the Bar has passively accepted the testimony of [petitioner] without question or investigation.” (Mike Frisch)