No Margin For Error

The Delaware Supreme Court recently issued an order concerning an attorney who was found to have violated a number of disciplinary rules and suspended for one year. The court’s order states that any additional disciplinary violation by the attorney over the next five years will result in automatic disbarment. I have not seen many sanction orders (indeed, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one) where the penalty for the next misstep is made so explicit. (Mike Frisch)