List of disbarred attorneys
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This is a list of notable disbarred attorneys (lawyers who have had their law license revoked or rescinded, usually for unethical or criminal conduct).
| Name | Jurisdiction | Disbarred | Reinstated | Reason/Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiro Agnew | Maryland | 1973 | tax evasion | |
| Lynne Stewart | New York | 2005 | Convicted in Federal Court of aiding terrorists and defrauding the U.S. government. | |
| James Alexander | New York | 1735 | 1737 | while defending John Peter Zenger from sedition |
| F. Lee Bailey | Florida, Massachusetts | 2001 | — | Misconduct while defending Claude Duboc[1] |
| Frank Ballance | North Carolina | January 2005 | — | conviction for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering |
| Thomas J. Capano | Delaware | 21 November 1997 | — | pending disposition of felony charges |
| Thomas J. Capano | Delaware | 15 November 2001 | — | felony conviction [2] |
| Laurence Canter | Tennessee | 1997 | — | in part for spamming |
| Bill Clinton | Arkansas | April 2000 | — | Perjury, during the Monica Lewinsky scandal
NOTE: Clinton was suspended, not disbarred. |
| Alan Eagleson | Ontario | 13 November 1998 | — | conviction for theft |
| Bill Clinton | U.S. Supreme Court | 1 October 2001 | — | for being suspended in Arkansas |
| David Hall | Oklahoma | 1978 | — | conviction for racketeering and extortion |
| Alger Hiss | Massachusetts | 1952 | 1975 | conviction for perjury |
| George Lockhart | England | 1674 | 1676 | for disrespect to the court of session in advising an appeal to Parliament |
| Alton H. Maddox, Jr. | New York | May 1990 | — | for failure and refusal to disclose files involving Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton |
| C. Vernon Mason, Sr. | New York | 1995 | — | for price gouging, theft, and abandoning clients |
| Richard Nixon | New York | 1976 | — | for obstruction of justice |
| Fred Phelps | Kansas | 20 July 1979 | — | for conduct during his lawsuit against court reporter Carolene Brady |
| Fred Phelps | United States | 1989 | — | for conduct during the Brady case, perjury, and other ethical violations
NOTE: There is no "United States" bar to be disbarred from |
| Mitch Skandalakis | Georgia | 2005 | — | felony conviction for making a false statement to an FBI investigator |
| William Sampson | Ireland | 1799 | — | Activities in defense of Catholics at the time of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Later practised in New York |
| William Smith | New York | 1733 | 1736 | for participation as counsel in a lawsuit against Governor William Cosby |
