holding that the ADA applies to lawyer disciplinary cases but finding no "reasonable accommodation” could be made with regard to the lawyer’s neglect of client matters and deceit in the court "which would accomplish the purpose of maintaining the integrity of the Bar.”
How later courts described this case
- holding that the ADA applies to lawyer disciplinary cases but finding no "reasonable accommodation” could be made with regard to the lawyer’s neglect of client matters and deceit in the court "which would accomplish the purpose of maintaining the integrity of the Bar.”
- imposing a two-year suspension on an attorney with ADD and emphasizing that the court has “a constitutional duty in overseeing the Bar to insure that its members are fit to practice”
- while attorney’s neglectful behavior may have been influenced by ADD, his physician testified that ADD does not create inability to tell truth
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
OP ALA, Justice,
with whom SIMMS and WATT, JJ.,
join, concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in the court’s view that respondent breached professional discipline and that the A.D.A. does not pose a legal impediment to imposition of sanctions; I dissent from today’s suspension. I would order respondent’s disbarment.