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Professor Tarkington Quoted in Ohio Attorney Disciplinary Case
12/09/2021
Professor Margaret Tarkington’s work on attorney free speech rights was quoted in a dissent in an Ohio attorney’s disciplinary case which was decided in November. In the opinion, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Morton, the bar association accused Morton of making improper statements about judicial officers. He was suspended from the practice of law for one year with six months stayed.
In dissent, two Ohio Supreme Court justices objected to the attorney’s suspension and one quoted scholarship by Professor Tarkington published in Georgetown Law Journal, “The Truth Be Damned: The First Amendment, Attorney Speech, and Judicial Reputation.” The book she wrote in 2018, “Voice of Justice: Reclaiming the First Amendment Rights of Lawyers,” explores the subject in depth.
Professor Tarkington is the Co-Director of the J.D. Program Evaluation and Assessment at IU McKinney, where she teaches professional responsibility, civil procedure, and federal courts.
