We wrote about them previously here and here. Now, an update on the “Biglaw Boys Gone Bad,” from the Chicago Sun-Times:
Two Chicago lawyers accused of raping a Wisconsin woman in 2005 could lose their law licenses as a result of a disciplinary complaint filed against them last week.
Stephan Addison and Benjamin Butler face penalties that include censure and disbarment, said James Grogan, chief counsel of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
“Criminal conduct involving violence — where proven — involves substantial sanction,” Grogan said.
“Where proven” presents the tricky part. Addison and Butler claim that the sex was consensual, and they didn’t plead guilty to rape charges. Instead, they pleaded to lesser charges of reckless endangerment of safety. And Addison also pleaded guilty to sexual gratification in public (an offense more aimed at the Pee Wee Hermans of the world, but whatever).
A moral of this story: It’s nice to have your own law firm, just like Addison & Butler. That way nobody can fire you — as Seyfarth Shaw and Schiff Hardin did to the two men, in the wake of the accusations.
(But if they get disbarred, of course, then they’re SOL. And we’re not referring to the statute of limitations.)
2 accused in ’05 rape could lose law licenses [Chicago Sun Times]
Earlier: Even More Prestigious Than Gallion & Spielvogel?
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