Reply #5: No - but he agreed to not practice law for 5 years, and that end of his

[papau]

ability to practice in Ark meant he could not practive in front of the USSC.

If he wanted to practice again after 5 years he just applies in Ark - no problem - and applies to the USSC - and is also unlikely to have a problem.

But the media would go nuts. They do not understand the term disbar. He is not disbarred from the practice of law. He is not disbarred in Ark. His lic is suspended in Ark. If he is admitted to other state courts he may be OK to practice in those state courts. Likewise as to Federal Courts. The USSC is a simple 5 year good behavior in your home state and is almost automatic as to admission after completion of the 5 years - a BIG HONOR - not! So April 2011 he should be back in business everywhere including the USSC - if he wants to.

He was not found in "contempt" or convicted of perjury (the special counsel said there was no case on the perjury given the matter was not material to any case to begin with ) for providing misleading testimony, but was fined from the bench for providing misleading testimony, and agreed to a 5 year suspension of his lic in Ark to end an ethics case there.