State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Woodard

This is an attorney reciprocal discipline case in which the relator, Nebraska State Bar Association, seeks to disbar respondent, J. Lincoln Woodard, in this state on the basis that he was disbarred in the District of Columbia. The sole issue is whether Woodard has carried his burden of establishing that the discipline to be imposed here should be less than that imposed by the District of Columbia. We determine that Woodard has not met that burden and therefore disbar him, effective immediately.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

A proceeding to discipline an attorney is a trial de novo on the record, in which the…