In an overzealous attempt to ruin the reputation of the Supreme Court nominee, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, it turns out Ms. Ford’s attorney’s may have gone a tad bit too far.
Judicial Watch, America’s watch dog has filed a complaint against the trio of attorney’s for “violating rules of professional responsibility.” (MORE BELOW.)
Ford’s attorney’s went too far in their representation.
The Judicial Watch Press Room “announced today that it filed a complaint to the Board of Professional Responsibility of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.”
The three attorney’s listed in the complaint are, “Debra S. Katz, Lisa J. Banks, and Michael R. Bromwich for violating the rules of professional responsibility in their representation of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee during the hearings on the nomination of the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh.”
Remember when Ford appeared to have no clue that an offer was made by the Republican’s to fly to California and meet with her in private?
Apparently, her team of attorney’s failed to let her know. And as a result, they also violated two rules. (MORE BELOW.)
The rules the trio of Ford’s attorney’s broke are cited below:
The Judicial Watch Press Room said that “Katz, Banks, and Bromwich violated the following District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct:”
Rule l.4(a) – A lawyer shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information.
Rule 1.4(b) – A lawyer shall explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation. (MORE BELOW.)
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BREAKING: JW filed a complaint w/ the Board of Professional Responsibility of D.C. Court on attorneys Debra Katz, Lisa Banks, & Michael Bromwich for violating rules of professional responsibility in their representation of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. (1/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ⚖️ (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
By not informing Dr. Ford that Senator Grassley – Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee – offered to “fly female staff investigators to meet Dr. Ford in California, or anywhere else, to obtain (her) testimony,” her attorneys violated those rules. (2/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct that Dr. Ford’s attorneys violated: “Rule l.4(a) – A lawyer shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information.” (3/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct that Dr. Ford’s attorneys violated: “Rule 1.4(b) – A lawyer shall explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation.” (4/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
From JW’s complaint: “It is clear, by Dr. Ford’s own testimony, that her attorneys did not communicate the Committee’s multiple offers to take her testimony in California, despite the fact that this was Dr. Ford’s preferred option.” (5/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
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From JW’s complaint: “In fact, Dr. Ford testified that she ‘wasn’t clear on what the offer was’ and regarded the possibility of investigators taking her testimony in California as ‘unrealistic’ — when in fact it had been specifically offered.” (6/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
From JW’s complaint: “Despite knowing of Dr. Ford’s strong preference to not travel to D.C., it was inexcusable that Dr. Ford’s attorneys neglected to inform her of the fact that the Committee investigators were willing to meet her in California.” (7/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
The misconduct of Dr. Ford’ attorneys – Ms. Katz, Ms. Banks, and Mr. Bromwich – and their failure to inform their client of the offer to have Committee staff investigate Dr. Ford in California was dishonest at worst and careless at best. (8/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
JW President @TomFitton: “We are concerned that ethics rules were violated by Dr. Ford’s attorneys during the Kavanaugh confirmation and so we took action to get accountability.” (9/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6zG4p
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
JW President @TomFitton: “We already filed a Senate ethics complaint against Senator Cory Booker over his admitted rule breaking and are considering additional steps to address the misconduct committed by Justice Kavanaugh’s opponents.” (10/10)https://t.co/dwDuT6RgVX
— Judicial Watch ? (@JudicialWatch) October 19, 2018
