Legal Opinion
Petition of Williams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 23, 2010No. Docket: Cum-10-275PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGorman, J.
[¶ 1] Charles G. Williams III appeals from the decision of a single justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Alexander, J.) denying his petition for reinstatement to the bar. Williams, who was disbarred in 2004, challenges the procedural process by which the court considered the petition, as well as the sufficiency of the evidence supporting its denial. We affirm the judgment.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE
[¶ 2] The following facts are largely undisputed. Williams was admitted to practice law in Maine in April of 1999. In April of 2002, Williams’s right to practice was suspended indefinitely, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NMSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Ma v. BryanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2010
- Dionne v. LeClercSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
- Board of Overseers of the Bar v. LefebvreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
- Application of HughesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
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3Cited by12 opinions
- F. Lee Bailey v. Board of Bar ExaminersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
- In re JonasSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2017
- Petition of Edwin R. Jonas III for Reinstatement to the Bar of the State of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2017
- Begin v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016
- Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Jeffrey P. WhiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019
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