Stole money from clients, now practices without license

by Walter Olson on January 6, 2009

81- year-old Manhattan attorney Bertram Brown was banished from the legal profession but authorities allege he’s continued to practice under three different aliases since his disbarment. (NY Post).

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1 Nicolas Martin 01.06.09 at 10:38 pm

There is no good reason that a government-sustained cartel should be able to decide who may practice law. If consumers want to take a chance with Bertram Brown that should be up to them.

2 tanj 01.06.09 at 10:59 pm

That assumes that consumers are capable of determining the ability of Bertram Brown to practice law. If a consumer is unable to make an informed choice there exists a great potential for fraud.

3 Nicolas Martin 01.06.09 at 11:32 pm

What sort of society assumes that consumers are not able to determine what is in their best interest? Paternalist? Authoritarian? Totalitarian?

4 tanj 01.07.09 at 11:14 am

A society that recognizes an information imbalance?

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