by Bert | Jul 25, 2018 | Nevada
Imagine this scene: a defense lawyer drives over to the prosecutor’s office and hops out of the car with a couple of boxes in tow. He enters a conference room, sits down across from a prosecutor—with nobody else around—hands over all of the case files, and divulges to...
by Alec | Aug 26, 2015 | Pennsylvania, The Open File Blog
A former Venango County prosecutor has been disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for misconduct in three separate criminal cases along with his failure to participate in the disciplinary proceedings brought against him. In its extensive findings, the state...
by Alec | May 31, 2015 | The Open File Blog, Washington
The former Prosecuting Attorney of Yakima County has been formally admonished by the Washington State Bar Association’s Disciplinary Board for his attempt to have a judge he personally objected to removed from a case outside the standard motion practice for...
by OpenFile | Nov 4, 2014 | California, The Open File Blog
Update – November 4, 2014 The California Supreme Court has disbarred Jon Alexander, the former Del Norte District Attorney who was suspended following state bar findings that he had spoken to a defendant about her case without her attorney present. The court...
by OpenFile | Aug 18, 2014 | Oregon, The Open File Blog
A serial murderer and his girlfriend who initially faced the death penalty have been allowed to plea their cases out following revelations that the government committed discovery violations and secretly intercepted communications between defendant Joey Pedersen and...
