The Board of Disciplinary Appeals, which is appointed by the Texas Supreme Court, took this action following a July 25 hearing. The order of suspension states that Villalobos failed to answer a request filed by the State Bar of Texas’ Commission for Lawyer Discipline, seeking disciplinary action against Villalobos.
The Board of Disciplinary Appeals stated that during the suspension, Villalobos is prohibited from practicing law in the state, performing any legal service for others, accepting any fee directly or indirectly for legal services not completed, appearing as counsel in any proceeding in any Texas court, or holding himself to others or using his name in any manner in conjunction with the words attorney, counselor or lawyer.
BODA also directed Villalobos to notify every justice of the peace, judge, magistrate, and chief justice of each and every court in which he has any legal matter pending of his suspension and to notify his current clients and opposing counsel. Villalobos also was directed to surrender his law license.
“The board retains jurisdiction to enter a final judgment in this matter when the criminal appeal is final,” BODA’s chairwoman JoAl Cannon Sheridan wrote in the July 30 order.
A federal jury in Brownsville convicted Villalobos on May 24, 2013 of public corruption charges in connection with the favors-for-cash bribery schemes of former 404th state District Judge Abel C. Limas.
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Villalobo's Law License Lifted
Villalobo's Law License Lifted
3 comments:
A racketeering DA?
I think he's not that uncommon, Thelma.
Good! I hope next to hear of his disbarment.
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