Mississippi Business Journal » disbarrment http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Judge refuses to toss Scruggs’ corruption conviction http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/04/judge-refuses-to-toss-scruggs-corruption-conviction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judge-refuses-to-toss-scruggs-corruption-conviction http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/04/judge-refuses-to-toss-scruggs-corruption-conviction/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:29:23 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=44245 OXFROD — A federal judge yesterday refused to throw out the 2008 conviction of attorney Zach Scruggs in a corruption case that also involved his father, well-known trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs. Zach Scruggs pleaded guilty to knowing about — but not reporting — illegal contacts with a judge. Since his release from prison in 2010, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/04/judge-refuses-to-toss-scruggs-corruption-conviction/feed/ 1 Supreme Court refuses to reinstate attorney’s license http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/07/supreme-court-refuses-to-reinstate-attorneys-license/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-court-refuses-to-reinstate-attorneys-license http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/07/supreme-court-refuses-to-reinstate-attorneys-license/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:02:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=35329 JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court yesterday refused for a second time to reinstate to the practice of law a former attorney disbarred after his conviction of federal conspiracy charges in 2003. Joe Gregory Stewart was sentenced in 2004 to six months house arrest after pleading guilty to federal charges of being involved in a [...]

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