Legal Research

We all know that having a license to practice law doesn't necessarily stop attorneys from engaging in negligent or criminal behavior.  However, until today, I never heard of an attorney who jeopardized his or her bar license by engaging in drag racing on public streets (!).  According to this Law.com report, attorney Kenneth Morgan of Tulsa, Oklahoma pled no contest to felony manslaughter after his law partner and friend, Andre Carolina, was killed in an accident that occurred during a 1 a.m. street race on Tulsa's public streets.  Carolina was a passenger in Morgan's car when an intoxicated Morgan lost control of his car during the race.  The Oklahoma bar hasn't yanked Morgan's license yet, but I think it's pretty hard to argue that drunken drag racing on public streets doesn't involve a hefty dose of "moral turpitude."  I would be surprised if Morgan emerges from this horrible incident as an attorney.