SCOV Law

By Andy Delaney   The title is about me, lest there be any confusion. I was away the week before last, so we're catchin' up a bit here at SCOV Law HQ. I figure "I was out of town" sounds better than "I forgot," so we're going with that. First up is our entry order from July 23, covering the difference between "strike" and "vacate," and why it matters if you're a lawyer under suspension trying to get your license back. Longtime readers will recognize this prosecutor-as-defendant saga. We covered the first interim suspension in 2024, involving disciplinary counsel's access to medical records after the prosecutor's DUI arrest, and how that goes away with cooperation. Then there was a nolo to the DUI itself and a deferred sentence. SCOV suspended over the conviction in this one , with Justice Nolan dissenting and opinion that the "seriousness" here was built out of role-based outrage. In June, the prosecutor finish...