No Disbarment for Lawyer with Bipolar Disorder, Rules Missouri Supreme Court
St. Charles County Business Record › July 16, 2008
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In a disciplinary case involving Clayton attorney Mark Belz, the Missouri Supreme Court took great pains to detail the seriousness of Belz's offense: taking money from clients for personal use.
But the court also stressed the importance of considering serious mitigating factors, such as mental illness, when determining a punishment for an attorney.See the full content of this document
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No Disbarment for Lawyer with Bipolar Disorder, Rules Missouri Supreme Court
In Belz's case, a decades-long struggle with bipolar disorder played a significant role in his professional misconduct, the high court decided in a 4-3 opinion....
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