A civil trial has been scheduled for 9 a.m. on July 25 before the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, which is appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas, according to public records.
The BODA recently suspended the license of Austin attorney Marc G. Rosenthal.
Villalobos and Rosenthal were both convicted of federal public corruption charges in connection with the favors-for-cash bribery schemes of former 404th state District Judge Abel C. Limas.
Villalobos and Rosenthal are appealing their convictions.
Limas also was convicted of racketeering on a guilty plea. Limas surrendered his law license in 2011 in lieu of disciplinary action by the State Bar of Texas. He is serving six years at the federal prison camp in Pensacola, Florida.
Villalobos is serving a 13-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland, Kentucky.
Rosenthal was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. He is held at the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Beaumont.
In seeking the suspension of Villalobos’ license to practice law, the Commission on Lawyer Discipline noted the serious and intentional crimes for which Villalobos was convicted.
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Suspension should automatic when they are found guilty!
ReplyDeleteRICO? A judge?
ReplyDeleteI agree Dot.
ReplyDeleteI love this kind of story. It happens to so few of the crooks.
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