John Banzhaf was my administrative law professor at George Washington law school in 1977. While he got wacky (he tried to sue Catholic University of America for maintaining separate dormitories for men and women), he was a very good professor and, on a personal basis, very nice to me.
I hope that he is not a member of the Maryland bar; my understanding of ethical complaints/seeking of sanctions against other attorneys is that while an attorney can file a complaint (in DC the appropriate office is the “Office of Bar Counsel”), the complainant cannot go public with the complaint.
It looks like Banzhaf invested a lifetime in his career as a law professor.
His 1960’s activities were chronicled in a chapter of a book written by the former CBS News President Fred Friendly about ‘fairness’ in broadcasting, ‘The Good Guys, The Bad Guys and The First Amendment’.
Banzhaf started his campaign against cigarette ads in the media by demanding “fairness” and “equal time” for anti-smoking messages.