In Re Sims’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. “To rise to the level of moral turpitude, an attorney’s conduct must be an act of “baseness, vileness, or depravity,” or be the type that manifests “a revulsion of society toward conduct deeply offending the general moral sense of right and wrong.” ... In addition, the actions of the attorney must be motivated by personal gain or manifest intentional dishonesty for the purpose of personal gain, rather than be simply “misguided” actions. And, psychiatric or other medical testimony may show that an attorney’s mental state precludes a finding of intentional dishonesty for personal gain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Allen

2. “Once one accepts that conduct deemed criminal by a society may or may not involve moral turpitude, the determination becomes intensely specific to the particular facts and circumstances. Furthermore, the inquiry must be cognizant of its purpose: to determine whether the conviction of the offense in question rises to such a level that the legislature would have intended as a consequence the automatic disbarment of the attorney in question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Allen