State Ex Rel. Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court v. Coe

The Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court (the Counsel) brought this action against attorney Anthony C. Coe. We sustained the Counsel’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and reserved the issue of the appropriate sanction. We now order that Coe be disbarred.

BACKGROUND

Formal Charges

Coe was admitted to the practice of law in 1993. In June 2005, the Counsel filed formal charges alleging five counts of misconduct.

Count 1 alleges that in 2004, Coe was retained to prosecute a claim before the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission and failed to serve the defendant with summons. An…