Noojin v. Alabama State Bar

Bert P. Noojin, a Mobile lawyer, appeals from an order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar suspending him from the practice of law for one year.

Noojin argues that the Disciplinary Board violated his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection by delaying or otherwise deferring disciplinary proceedings against him until he had served a period of probation imposed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, which prohibited him from practicing law for one year. As authority for this contention, he cites Rule 11, Rules of Disciplinary…