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Moncier suspended from federal court for at least three years

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Herb Moncier of Knoxville, who received a contempt for not stopping talking, as noted here, was suspended from practice in federal court for at least three years, and maybe as much as seven, by the Eastern District of Tennessee. See the Knoxville News Sentinel here: Accusing a prominent Knoxville lawyer of running amok in the face of repeated warnings, the region's top federal judge on Tuesday ordered Herbert S. Moncier suspended from practicing federal law here for as much as seven years. "It is evident (Moncier) harbors a disrespect for the institutional role of the judge," wrote Chief U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier. "This disrespect is so ingrained and deep-seated that (Moncier) seems unable to realize its full extent, and he expresses it in ways that are clearly detrimental to himself...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).