Addiction and Discipline

The Nebraska Supreme Court declined to impose disbarment in a case where the attorney had engaged in misconduct that would have warranted that sanction but for the connection between the multiple instances of misconduct and the attorney’s addiction to vodka and cocaine. This was the fourth disciplinary case against the attorney, who was indefinitely suspended until February 2008. The attorney was found to have made substantial progress in his recovery and will be required to show continued rehabilitation in order to be reinstated. If reinstated, the attorney’s recovery will be monitered for two years. (Mike Frisch)