I saw elsewhere on social media and was curious to look this up more myself and see if it was true. A user had posted that the attorney hired to replace Smith was previously suspended & disciplined for taking money from clients and doing no work in exchange, failing to disclose to his clients that he was having a “nonlawyer” assistant do work on their cases, failing to keep them updated about their cases, and billing his clients for work his he had a nonlawyer do. Beyond the allegations made to the Bar, he admitted to all of the above and that he violated the Rules of Professional Conduct.
I’m a bit surprised that they’d choose someone who had their law license suspended, especially considering all the flack around Attorney Means & how they wanted to disqualify him. Was there really no other attorney who hasn’t lost their license that could’ve joined the team? The way Prior throws around some allegations I won’t be surprised if some comments somehow comes out about Prosecutor Wixom’s past. It would be inappropriate but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t try. Just seems ironic with how harshly they criticized Means for allegedly breaking the Rules and here you have an attorney who admitted to doing so for several years. JMOO though. Also the disciplinary record that I found online is attached
I’m a bit surprised that they’d choose someone who had their law license suspended, especially considering all the flack around Attorney Means & how they wanted to disqualify him. Was there really no other attorney who hasn’t lost their license that could’ve joined the team? The way Prior throws around some allegations I won’t be surprised if some comments somehow comes out about Prosecutor Wixom’s past. It would be inappropriate but that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t try. Just seems ironic with how harshly they criticized Means for allegedly breaking the Rules and here you have an attorney who admitted to doing so for several years. JMOO though. Also the disciplinary record that I found online is attached