Posted on 03/09/2023 12:45:20 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan
“Respondent, through her conduct, undermined the American public’s confidence in the presidential election, violating her duty of candor to the public,” wrote Bryon M. Large, the disciplinary judge in the case.
Ellis becomes the latest pro-Trump attorney penalized for their attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Nine lawyers in Michigan in 2021 were ordered to pay $175,000 in sanctions for a sham suit seeking to overturn the election in that swing state. The District of Columbia's bar association disciplinary counsel in December called for the suspension of former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's law license for pursuing a baseless lawsuit challenging Biden's win in Pennsylvania.
Ellis is based in Washington, DC, but is from Colorado and has also practiced in the state. She served as a deputy district attorney for Weld County from 2012 to 2013, when she was fired from the position.
Through her attorney, Michael Melito, Ellis stipulated to both the findings that she'd made misrepresentations and the censure. Melito did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The Bar used to be administered by the State Supreme courts.
That power was delegated to the Bar Association - essentially a craft guild - by their lobbying.
In Arizona there is now a bill to revoke that power and give it back to the State Supreme court precisely because of abuses like this.
Wont pass with Hobbs in power but its a start, will be an issue from now on.
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