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When Should a Lawyer's Conduct be Relevant to His Law License?

At Simple Justice, there is an interesting post about a New York lawyer who solicited sex with a 13-year-old girl.  To Catch a Predator Style, the lawyer had explicit chats with someone purporting to be 13-years old.  He agreed agreed to meet her.  Instead, he was greeted by law enforcement.  The question before the New York Court of Appeals was this: Should the lawyer be disbarred? The Court of Appeals, in a split decision, said No.  Scott disagrees: When one assumes the responsibility of being a lawyer, one undertakes the responsibility of trustworthiness above and beyond others.  We aren't close to being as trustworthy as we should (right Marc Dreier?) and should put our effort into being worthy of the license we hold, not trying to get 13 year old girls to engage in sex...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on December 31, 2008 (boomark / email).