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Should any and all sex offenders be barred from ever practicing law?

By Douglas A. Berman

The New York Law Journal has this effective report on an interesting split decision from a New York state appellate panel in the lawyer discipline case of Matter of Lever.  The NYLJ article headline provides the basics of the story: "Attorney Caught in Internet Sex Sting Suspended From Practice for 3 Years: Rare split N.Y. appellate court suspends former Kirkland & Ellis associate who admitted attempting to meet purported 13-year-old for sex."  Here are a more details: In a rare 3-2 decision in a disciplinary matter, a five-judge panel of the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department, agreed that Steven J. Lever "brought shame to himself and to this State's Bar" by using the Internet "to prey on minors for purposes of sexual gratification...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 31, 2008 (boomark / email).