Election Challenge Lawyers Respond To D.C. Charges

The Answers to disciplinary charges in connection with 2020 election challenge litigation on behalf of Respondents Julia Z.  Haller, Brandon C. Johnson and Lawrence J. Joseph have been filed and can be accessed here.

Among the plethora of defenses pled by Respondent Johnson

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel wields its disciplinary authority here in a politically biased manner, prosecuting Republicans and supporters of former President Trump with excessive and improper zeal, while turning a blind eye to or only belatedly and grudgingly stirring itself to administer reluctant slaps on the wrist for egregiously dishonest or felonious conduct by Democrats and opponents of President Trump. This selective prosecution/disparate treatment of alleged violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

I will be interested to see what, if any, evidence supports this assertion.

And an attack on the use of volunteer non-lawyers in attorney discipline

The disciplinary hearing procedures deny due process in granting a non-lawyer the power to make findings of fact and conclusions of law without any opportunity for Respondent to examine their qualifications. As such this renders the Hearing Committee Procedures invalid and Illegal.

(Mike Frisch)