Introduction
State professional responsibility boards also issue disciplinary actions, such as reprimands, suspensions, or license revocations, against attorneys who violate the ethics rules. Attorney disciplinary actions are usually published in the state bar journals, shelved alphabetically on the 1st floor of the Law Library in the KF 200s. Unfortunately, disciplinary actions are rarely indexed, which hinders research. Many states also provide access to disciplinary actions through the state bar association's or the state judicial webpages.
Disciplinary Actions
To locate state attorney disciplinary actions,
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Search the state court's webpage
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Search the state bar association's webpage
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Try the following basic searches in the InfoHawk Library Catalog:
Subject beginning with: bar associations—[state]—periodicals
You can also link to the state disciplinary actions in every state through the:
- sunEthics
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Covering legal ethics, judicial ethics, bar admissions in Florida, Tennessee, and nationally. - Search for Iowa Attorney Disciplinary and Disability Orders through the Iowa Courts website.
