Drunk Lawyer Blog (Archived)
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Former Criminal Defense Attorney and Drugs
A former criminal defense attorney who pled guilty to drug possession charges was recently sentenced to five years in prison. He had been arrested for possession of methamphetamines with intent to sell.
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Ex-Prosecutor Arrested Again: Drugs
A former Arkansas prosecutor has surely seen better days. There was a time when he represented “the People” at criminal trials and helped send the bad guys to jail. Now he is one of the bad guys. Whereas he once prosecuted those involved with illegal drugs, he is the one facing drug charges - again!.
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The Honeymoon’s Over
The honeymoon’s over for this Pennsylvanian judge and his bride. Why you ask? Well for one thing, his wife of one year describes the judge as an obnoxious drunk. But wait, there’s more.
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What Was He Thinking?
In this Drunk Lawyer Blog post we do not know if the lawyer in question was drunk, only that his judgment was clouded as if he were. A North Carolina Buncombe County District attorney admitted that he allowed a drunk driver to operate his vehicle.
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But He Can Still Preside over DUI cases
Hey, don’t judge me, man. Try saying that to this Ohio judge in your DUI case, a judge waiting for his own trial on a DUI charge.
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Drug Addiction Problem Leads this Attorney to Desperate Crime
Let’s say this attorney has a nose for crime. At least that’s where the evidence was found – on her nose. A California attorney from Mill Valley was charged with breaking into a hotel refrigerator to steal yogurt. The police that "[s]he did have evidence of yogurt on her nose."
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Attorney Overcomes Alcoholism Now Running For District Court Judge
This positive story just goes to show that even attorneys can successfully battle alcoholism and go on to bigger and better things. A North Carolina attorney who is a recovering alcoholic, and who admits that he smoked marijuana and used cocaine in the past, is running for District Court Judge in New Hanover/Pender County.
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Important Notice: California attorneys in MCLE Compliance Group 1 (A-G) - your compliance card is due today, February 1, 2010! Check out the State Bar website for details.
Have you taken your Substance Abuse CLE? If not, do it now!
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Attorney's Addiction to Pain Killers
A North Carolina lawyer is spending 60 days in jail for forging the names of judges on three limited-privilege driver licenses and on a parental-rights case order. What was the excuse this lawyer gave as he pleaded guilty to 12 felony counts of forgery, obstruction of justice, uttering and entering an unauthorized judgment? Addiction to opiate-based pain pills!
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Important Notice: California attorneys in MCLE Compliance Group 1 (A-G) - your compliance card is due February 1, 2010! Check out the State Bar website for details.
There are only a few days left. Have you taken your Substance Abuse CLE?
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Attorney sentenced in Speedballing case
Substance abuse and addiction problems plague people from all walks of life. Those of us in the legal profession sometimes believe we are immune from these problems. After all, we’ve proven that we have above average intelligence and we’ve demonstrated we have the discipline required to survive three tough years of law school and a grueling state bar exam afterwards. But here is a reminder from Wisconsin that attorneys can and do suffer from problems relating to illegal drug use – in this case heroin and cocaine!
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Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Assault
With alcohol affecting his judgment, a drunk Denver lawyer decided to load his kids into his car and take off driving.
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Meth: Who Would Sell Such A Drug?
Take a look at some of the before and after pictures of meth users and you instantly realize what a horrible drug methamphetamines can be when abused. What kind of human being would sell such a drug? Well, meet this accused seller – a lawyer from Minneapolis.
This attorney is described as a one-time Minneapolis city hall “power broker” and “political player” because many former council members credit him with helping get them elected.
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Attorney Brings Gun to Bar Fight
We want to reiterate that the purpose of the Drunk Lawyer Blog is not to humiliate or shame the subjects that appear herein. Rather, the purpose of this blog is show that attorneys, like those in any other profession, may suffer from substance abuse and addiction. That is why many states require that attorneys complete continuing legal education on the prevention of substance abuse and addiction in the legal profession. For instance, Substance Abuse CLE is currently licensed to provide such continuing legal education for attorneys in California.
At any rate, let us proceed to the latest. While most of us were asleep 5:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving, a Las Vegas attorney was waving a gun around outside a bar. The lawyer, a Las Vegas defense attorney, faces assault with a deadly weapon and property damage charges.
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Refuses Chemical Breath Test After Erratic Driving
How do you get busted for driving while intoxicated? Well you could always ask a federal prosecutor, who is expected to know the law. There is one in Rhode Island, in fact, who knows about arrests for driving while intoxicated, but his knowledge comes from first-hand experience!
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Attorney: Let Them Smoke Dope?
We don’t know if this attorney smoked pot, or just liked carrying it around. But this story involves an attorney and drugs, so it meets our criteria for mention in the Drunk Lawyer Blog. An Omaha attorney is accused of trying to smuggle marijuana into a prison!
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Lawyer Shows Up To Party - Gets Busted!
About one in six Americans have tried cocaine by the age of 30. May we speculate that a certain Mississippi attorney has tried cocaine at least once before the ripe old age of 62? A Mississippi lawyer, whose practice includes criminal defense, will be looking for a lawyer himself after he was arrested in a hotel room full of drugs.
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The Science of Hangovers
As most of us already know, you can tell you have a hangover after a night of drinking when you wake up with a headache, feel tired, or have increased sensitivity to light and sound, redness of the eyes, muscle aches, and thirst. You might also feel dizzy, depressed, anxious, and irritable.
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News Flash - It's Illegal To Bring Cocaine To Court
How did this one get by us? Although the incident occurred a few months ago, it is still worthy of the Drunk Lawyer Blog. Here we take a look at substance abuse in the legal profession. This incident comes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where an attorney learned the hard way that security at the Allegheny County Courthouse is quite good.
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Attorneys and Meth – It Happens
Attorneys are intelligent. They graduate from college, go on to law school, pass difficult state Bar examinations for licensing, and must complete continuing legal education requirements. Everyone knows that, so one normally does not associate attorneys with methamphetamines. Attorneys should know better! But it happens. Substance abuse and addiction problems occur in people from every profession. Even tennis star Andre Agassi admitted to using meth. And consider this Arkansas attorney.
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