List of disbarments in the United States
Name Jurisdiction Date disbarred Date reinstated Reason/Details
Spiro T. Agnew Maryland 1973 - No contest plea to bribery and tax evasion
James Alexander New York 1735 1737 Retaliatory measure for defending John Peter Zenger from sedition
F. Lee Bailey Florida and Massachusetts 2001 - Misconduct while defending Claude Duboc . Filed for reinstatement in Massachusetts in 2005 , but has not yet been reinstated . Applied for reinstatement in Maine in 2013 , and approved by a judge of the state 's Supreme Judicial Court , but decision appealed by the state Board of Bar Examiners , requiring a rehearing by the entire court . Case heard by the full court on January 14 , 2014 ; the court announced on April 10 that it had voted 4-2 to deny Bailey admission
Tommy Burnett Tennessee 1990 2003 Convicted of multiple felonies as a result of the Operation Rocky Top political corruption investigation
Thomas J. Capano Delaware 2001 November 15 - Convicted of murder
Laurence Canter Tennessee 1997 - In part for unethical practices in marketing legal service ( i.e . through spamming )
Michael Cohen New York 2019 February - Pled guilty to lying to Congress and violating campaign finance law
Marc Stuart Dreier New York 2009 October 8 - Violation of New York 's insider trading statute and General Business Law
Ed Fagan New York 2008 December - Failed to pay court fines and fees in Holocaust Case
Ed Fagan New Jersey 2009 January - Convicted for stealing money from Holocaust survivors
Joe Ganim Connecticut 2003 March - Convicted of one count each of racketeering , extortion , racketeering conspiracy , and bribery ; two counts of bribery conspiracy ; eight counts of mail fraud , and two counts of filing a false tax return
Stanley Hilton California State Bar 2012 - Misconduct
Alger Hiss Massachusetts 1952 1975 Convicted of perjury
Abraham J. Isserman New Jersey 1954 1961 Contempt of court during Foley Square trial
Menis Ketchum West Virginia 4 October 2018 - Pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud while serving as a Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Kwame Kilpatrick Michigan 2008 - Pleaded No contest to one count of assaulting a police officer and guilty to two felony obstruction of justice charges
Egil Krogh Washington 1975 1980 Convicted of conspiracy to violate civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg
Lewis Libby District of Columbia 2008 March 20 - Convicted of four of five felony counts of obstruction of justice , perjury , and making false statements to a grand jury and federal investigators , in United States v. Libby , pertaining to the Plame affair and related CIA leak grand jury investigation
Lewis Libby Pennsylvania 2008 December 10 - Reciprocal with District of Columbia
Marvin Mandel Maryland 1982 October 29 1989 July 6 Mail fraud and racketeering
 This is a list of disbarments affecting notable lawyers .
This is a list of disbarments affecting notable lawyers.