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Friday, October 24, 2008
Ind. Courts - More on "New Albany attorney sentenced to year in prison for sexual battery"
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 26th, Harold J. Adams of the LCJ reports today:
A New Albany attorney must report to jail today to begin serving a one-year sentence for sexual battery against a 16-year-old girl. Meanwhile, authorities have taken the first step toward suspending Anthony Wallingford's license to practice law. * * *On Tuesday the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed a request with the state high court to suspend Wallingford's license to practice law, pending further proceedings to determine how long he should be prohibited from practicing.
Wallingford has 15 days from the filing to respond before the Supreme Court acts on the suspension request, which the commission said is typically granted. * * *
Donald Lundberg, executive secretary of the disciplinary commission, said the next step is for his organization to file a formal charge of misconduct against Wallingford. A hearing officer would be appointed to weigh arguments from both sides and recommend a final punishment to the Supreme Court.
Lundberg said he can't predict what recommendation would be made in this case but added that "if you look at cases that are sort of in this ballpark, one tends to see multiyear suspensions from practice of law."
Any suspension of more than six months "requires that the lawyer can be reinstated to practice only after they successfully petition for the reinstatement of their law license" after completing the suspension, Lundberg said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 24, 2008 07:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts