The Reach Of Rule 8.4(b)

Last evening in my American Legal Profession class, we had a lively discussion of the reach of Model Rule 8.4(b), which prohibits criminal conduct that reflects adversely on a lawyers honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects. The web page of the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility reports that a Nashville attorney was suspended for a year for a conviction involving misdemeanor domestic assault. He also pled to misdemeanor charges arising out of an arrest for driving under the influence and child endangerment.

The report states in summary fashion the conclusion that each of the offenses violate Rule 8.4. (Mike Frisch)