Posted on 03/18/2002 9:18:21 AM PST by kattracks
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court suspended defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey from practice before the high court on Monday, following Bailey's disbarment in his home state of Florida.
<!ENDSUMM!>The nation's highest court gave Bailey 40 days to say why he should not be permanently barred from practicing law there. The Supreme Court automatically begins disbarment proceedings against members of its bar who have been disbarred in their homes states.
The Florida Supreme Court disbarred Bailey in November for mishandling $6 million worth of stock for a client now serving a life sentence for drug smuggling.
Membership in the Supreme Court bar is largely honorary, and few lawyers ever argue a case there. Bailey is an exception. He gained prominence in 1966 for getting the high court to overturn a murder verdict against Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of killing his wife. The case became the basis for ``The Fugitive'' television series.
Bailey has represented other high-profile clients,m including Patricia Hearst and O.J. Simpson.
Copyright 2001 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Sheesh, get me Dershowitz.
Guess he won't be going into no bars any more. (heh heh)
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