A Bedford attorney has been disbarred by the State Bar of Texas following accusations he failed to render appropriate legal services to an elderly client.Stephen C. “Steve” Brewer is no longer eligible to practice law after he “neglected the legal matter entrusted to him by failing to perform any meaningful legal services on behalf of the complainant” in a probate matter, according to an order of default disbarment.
Brewer was accused of professional misconduct when he failed to keep his client reasonably informed about the status of a case and to promptly comply with requests for information, the bar said.
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State Bar: Bedford Attorney Disbarred, Ex Assistant AG in Fort Worth Suspended
Very typical story of lawyers who take on too many cases and can't service them, with one big difference: they don't get disbarred.
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