Is it easy for a lawyer to get disbarred?

Stealing the client’s funds, or “borrowing” client funds, will get you disbarred. The board of professional responsibility and by extension the supreme court of the state, have very little tolerance for misappropriating client funds. Even borrowing funds and paying back the funds will get the lawyer in deep water. read more

Well, if a lawyer steals money from a client he is likely to get disbarred for that. The prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse rape case was disbarred due to his awful behavior. The New York Times In addition, if a lawyer repeatedly engages in bad behavior, he can get disbarred for minor behavior as the punishments pile up. read more

The most common reasons lawyers get disbarred - by a wide margin- are stealing money from the escrow account, and getting convicted of a crime. You are understandably furious about all this, but it's the wrong reason to want to get a lawyer disbarred. Any opinions stated in response to Avvo questions are based upon the facts stated in the question. read more