Lawyer is disbarred after trying to run his law practice from jail

Above the Law has the story

Attorney Jay Silvernail was disbarred by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In 2019, he was convicted of assault and battery with a deadly weapon for shooting a man in front of an Oklahoma City nightclub. But that wasn’t the reason — or at least not the full reason — he’s getting the boot from the profession. That ignominious distinction occurred because, post-conviction and pre-sentencing, while waiting in jail, Silvernail continued to run his law practice.

The Oklahoma Supreme cheekily referred to Silvernail as giving “new meaning to the term ‘jailhouse lawyer.’”

Read more at

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/07/attorney-runs-law-practice-while-locked-up-in-jail-gets-disbarred-for-his-efforts/

He even has a Linked In although it is under-utilized at the moment