Did the Supreme Court Lawsuit to Overturn the 2020 Election Violate Lawyer Ethics?

Thursday, December 9, 2021 | 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Central Time

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Have you ever wondered when a litigator’s actions could go beyond zealous advocacy for a client to constitute frivolous claims or knowingly false statements of law or material fact? Or, what kinds of actions could violate an attorney’s oath to support the Constitution of the United States?

Please join us when a distinguished panel explores these and related important questions as applied to the pending ethics complaint against Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton contending his Supreme Court lawsuit to overturn the presidential election and his urging January 6 marchers to overturn the Electoral College results violated Texas’s ethics rules.

The complaint was filed by sixteen prominent Texas lawyers - including four former Presidents of the Texas State Bar - and the national organization, Lawyers Defending American Democracy.

NOTE: An application for accreditation of this activity has been submitted to the MCLE Committee of the State Bar of Texas and is pending.

Panelists include:

Charles Silver (Moderator): Roy W. and Eugenia C. McDonald Chair in Civil Procedure & Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Pablo Javier Almaguer: Member, Supreme Court of Texas Grievance Oversight Committee; former Chair, State Bar of Texas Board of Directors
Gershon (Gary) Ratner: Co-Founder, Lawyers Defending American Democracy; former Associate General Counsel for Litigation, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rebecca Roiphe: Trustee Professor of Law, New York Law School
Jordan Steiker: Judge Robert M. Parker Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law

Panelists' bios may be found here >>