How to Use disbar in a Sentence

disbar

verb

• On Friday, he was officially disbarred by the California Supreme Court.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
• The State Bar is in the process of disbarring Mr. Connell.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
• Moore was disbarred in Ohio in May and in Kentucky in 2016.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• If these claims are proven true, he could be disbarred.
  — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Mar. 2018
• Then she is disbarred in the state of New York, saving Mike and Harvey one last time.
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Sep. 2023
• The court said that was not enough punishment and that Coulter must be disbarred.
  — Bill Rankin, ajc, 18 June 2018
• The Georgia Bar held a trial for Wood in May to determine whether to disbar him.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
• Trump has been trashing Cohen as a liar and a poor lawyer before he was disbarred.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
• Murdaugh, who has been disbarred, admitted to the thefts, which could carry decades in prison, on the stand last week.
  — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Cohen pleaded guilty, served prison time and was disbarred.
  — Michelle L. Price, Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023
• He was ultimately disbarred in New York for his actions in the case.
  — David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• Researchers have found that women in law are disbarred at almost twice the rate men are in the event of a violation.
  — Reshma Saujani, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
• He was disbarred from practicing law, but spent only four months of his six-year sentence in prison.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
• Most of his legal work was as a personal injury lawyer until he was forced out of the firm and then disbarred in July last year.
  — Elizabeth Campbell, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Franks called on the State Bar of Arizona to disbar Adel for her and her office’s role in pursuing felony charges against protesters.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2022
• The verdict clearing Jackson was a defeat for the state bar, which filed a complaint in 2015 seeking to disbar Jackson.
  — Maurice Possley, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
• Now, Girardi stands disgraced, disbarred and charged in two states with bilking his clients.
  — Siobhan O'Driscoll, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Diab did not show up to his trial, was placed on default and was subsequently disbarred.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
• And earlier this month, a court panel called for Giuliani to be disbarred for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
• Giuliani lost a $148 million lawsuit and has been disbarred as a lawyer as a result of his work for Trump, yet has never been paid for his services.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• Gaddy went to law school and became an attorney, but he was disbarred in 1990 and convicted of a string of felonies in the ensuing years.
  — USA Today, 25 July 2023
• But he’s already sued us, and lost badly, 14 times, including having one of his lawyers disbarred.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
• How eight of his closest associates have been sentenced to prison and many more have been disbarred or otherwise shamed?
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 June 2024
• The county wound up paying out tens of millions of dollars in settlement money to Arpaio and Thomas’ victims, and Thomas was disbarred.
  — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
• Alex Murdaugh is—or at least was, before he was disbarred—a talented trial lawyer.
  — Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
• In 2016, Nurmi was disbarred on allegations of an ethical breach for writing a book about the case.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• Foote ran in 2000 and beat Gustafson, who faced multiple inquiries into her conduct and was later disbarred.
  — oregonlive.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Martinez agreed to end his 30-year career as a prosecutor and be disbarred because of State Bar complaints against him.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2023
• Earlier this month, disgraced and disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of his wife and son.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 26 Mar. 2023
• Going forward, the Oregon State Bar could seek to have Day disbarred as a lawyer or otherwise disciplined.
  — Aimee Green, OregonLive.com, 15 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024