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Mark T. McCloskey v. Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Missouri, No. SC99301
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
Whether the Second Amendment and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution permit an attorney to be sanctioned for professional misconduct based upon a finding of “moral turpitude,” where the attorneys were exercising lawful rights to bear arms in defense of their person, family, and home, and the resulting misdemeanor conviction for each attorney was subsequently commended by the President of the United States and pardoned by the state’s governor.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Patrick Downey
Downey Law Group LLC
For respondent
Edward D. Robertson Jr.
Bartimus, Frickleton, et al.
Case
Subject area
Attorneys (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, June 6, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jun 06 2022Petition DENIED.
- May 17 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/2/2022.
- May 16 2022Waiver of right of respondent Missouri Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel to respond filed.
- May 09 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 13, 2022)