Judge smacks down ex-Trump lawyer’s 'urgent request' to save law license

01 May 2024

Former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman — who aided the former president in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election — was handed a loss Wednesday amid in his efforts to continue practicing law.

Politico's Kyle Cheney reports via X (formerly Twitter), "JUST IN: The judge who recommended John Eastman’s disbarment denies his urgent request to delay her ruling, which resulted in his automatic suspension from practicing law. She cites the gravity of his misconduct and his refusal to acknowledge any wrongdoing."

This comes one month after California State Bar Judge Yvette Roland ruled that "Eastman violated ethics rules when he helped to orchestrate the ex-president's ploy to overturn the 2020 election," according to Politico.

Although the former Trump attorney was given the option to appeal, Politico noted that Roland's ruling forced Eastman's law license into 'inactive' status during pending review — meaning he was barred from practicing law in California.

Roland's Wednesday ruling reads: "[Eastman] has provided declarations from his current clients who express a strong desire for him to continue representing them in their ongoing matters. However, the court made no finding that Eastman's ethical violations resulted in client harm. Instead, the court found that disbarment was the appropriate sanction for Eastman's misconduct in part to safeguard the public."

It continues, "The court's decision determined that Eastman made deceptive and misleading claims in legal documents, public forums, and other contexts concerning the 2020 presidential election and the extent of Vice President Michael R. Pence's authority to override the electoral process."

Furthermore, the judge wrote, "Eastman's motion fails to demonstrate that he no longer presents a threat to the public. Despite his clients' desire for Eastman to continue representing them, based on the gravity of Eastman's transgressions, particularly those involving moral turpitude, and the increased likelihood of future misconduct due to his refusal to acknowledge any wrongdoing, there is insufficient evidence to justify a stay of his involuntary inactive enrollment.'"

Roland concluded, "Accordingly, Eastman's motion to stay the court's March 27, 2024 order placing him on inactive enrollment or in the alternative, imposing interim remedies in lieu of inactive enrollmentis DENIED, no good cause having been shown."

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